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Ilka Grüning(1876-1964)

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Ilka Grüning
Ilka Grüning was born on 4 September 1876 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Peer Gynt (1919), Words and Music (1948) and Figaros Hochzeit (1920). She died on 11 November 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 4, 1876
DiedNovember 11, 1964(88)
BornSeptember 4, 1876
DiedNovember 11, 1964(88)
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Ilka Grüning and Maria Ouspenskaya in Kings Row (1942)
Ilka Grüning, S.Z. Sakall, and Ludwig Stössel in Casablanca (1942)

Known for

Peer Gynt
7.3
  • Aase
  • 1919
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Mickey Rooney, Lena Horne, and Ann Sothern in Words and Music (1948)
Words and Music
6.4
  • Mrs. Rogers(as Ilka Gruning)
  • 1948
Alexander Moissi in Figaros Hochzeit (1920)
Figaros Hochzeit
  • Marcelline
  • 1920
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
  • Aase
  • 1919

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Actress

  • Die Venus vom Tivoli (1953)
    Die Venus vom Tivoli
  • David Alpert and Frances Rafferty in Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952)
    Your Jeweler's Showcase
  • Chevron Theatre (1952)
    Chevron Theatre
  • Passage West (1951)
    Passage West
    • (as Ilka Gruning)
  • Bette Davis, Frances Dee, and Barry Sullivan in Payment on Demand (1951)
    Payment on Demand
    • (uncredited)
  • Convicted (1950)
    Convicted
    • (uncredited)
  • John Payne in Captain China (1950)
    Captain China
    • (as Ilka Gruning)
  • Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes in Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
    Mr. Soft Touch
    • (uncredited)
  • Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, and Robert Siodmak in The Great Sinner (1949)
    The Great Sinner
    • (uncredited)
  • Caught (1949)
    Caught
    • (uncredited)
  • Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Mickey Rooney, Lena Horne, and Ann Sothern in Words and Music (1948)
    Words and Music
    • (as Ilka Gruning)
  • A Foreign Affair (1948)
    A Foreign Affair
    • (uncredited)
  • 1 sheet, 27 x 41 in
    Raw Deal
    • (uncredited)
  • Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan in Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
    Letter from an Unknown Woman
    • (uncredited)
  • Steve Brodie, Douglas Fowley, and Audrey Long in Desperate (1947)
    Desperate
    • (as Ilka Gruning)

Additional Crew

  • Das Kalte Herz (2016)
    Das Kalte Herz

Personal details

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    • September 4, 1876
    • Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
    • November 11, 1964
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Before WW2 she headed a major drama school in Berlin.
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    Grüning died on November 11, 1964, in Los Angeles, at the age of 88. She was cremated and her ashes rest in Columbarium of Faith in Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica, California. Actors Paul Henreid and George Bancroft are also buried here.

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