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- Birth nameKurt Lilienthal
- Kurt Lilien was born on August 6, 1882 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Harry Hill, der Herr der Welt (1923), Baby (1932) and Was Frauen träumen (1933). He died on May 28, 1943 in Sobibór Concentration Camp, Lubelskie, Poland.
- Popular Jewish actor on stage and then movies, escaped to The Netherlands when the Nazis came to power. After the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, he was captured and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp in Poland where he was killed.
- In 1929 he returned to Berlin where he not only appeared in stage plays but also in numerous revues and operettas.
- He began his stage career at the "Intimes Theater" in Berlin in 1902, it soon followed appearances on stages in different German cities.
- He became a demanded support actor in the sound film era of the 30s.
- As a Jew he was no longer able to work in Germany from 1933 and his artistic career came to an end.
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