Leo Ditrichstein
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Leo Ditrichstein (January 6, 1865 – June 28, 1928) was an Austrian-American actor and playwright.[1]
Early life
He was born on January 6, 1865, in Temesvár, Austrian Empire. He was educated in Vienna and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1897.[1] His grandfather was Hungarian novelist József Eötvös who is sometimes listed as Joseph von Etooes.[2]
Career
He made his New York début in Die Ehre (1890). This was followed by Mr. Wilkinson's Widows, Trilby, Are You a Mason? and other plays. He was the author of numerous plays, among which are: Gossip (with Clyde Fitch, 1895); A Southern Romance (1897); The Last Appeal (1901); What's the Matter with Susan? (1904); The Ambitious Mrs. Susan (1907); The Million (from the French, 1911); The Concert (1910); The Temperamental Journey (1913); The Great Lover (1915); The Judge of Zalmea (1917). Ditrichstein appeared in one motion picture, in a cameo as himself, in How Molly Made Good (1915).[1]
Some of the plays Ditrichstein either wrote or acted in have been made into motion pictures. The Divorce Game (1917) was based on his play Mlle. Fifi.[3]
He died on June 28, 1928, from heart disease at the Auersperg Sanitarium in Vienna.[1]
References
NOTE: I could not find Leo Ditrichstein in the New. International Encyclopedia.
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- Portraits of Leo Ditrichstein; NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection
- In The Phantom Rival 1915 with Laura Hope Crews