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- Anita Berber was born on June 10, 1899 in Dresden, Germany. She was an actress, known for Around the World in 80 Days (1919), The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918) and Eerie Tales (1919). She was married to Henri Châtin Hofmann, Sebastian Droste and Eberhard von Nathusius. She died on November 10, 1928 in Berlin, Germany.
- SpousesHenri Châtin Hofmann(September 10, 1924 - November 10, 1928) (her death)Sebastian Droste(1923 - 1923) (divorced)Eberhard von Nathusius(1919 - 1922) (divorced)
- German exotic dancer, cabaret artiste and actress, the daughter of a violin virtuoso. She studied acting under Maria Moissi (1915) and dancing under Rita Sacchetto. Berber began on stage in Berlin in 1917 and quickly made headlines, as much for being the first sexually explicit nude dancer of the silent screen, as for her dissolute and scandal-ridden private life. Addicted to alcohol and cocaine, she died aged 29 of consumption.
- By the latter stages of her career, she was banned from most European venues, expelled from Vienna and rejected by her father.
- Captured in a 1925 painting by Otto Dix, wearing a tomato-red "Morphine" costume, on exhibit at the 2006-07 "Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s" show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
- Often seen wandering the streets of Berlin with a pet monkey around her neck.
- A 1987 film by Rosa von Praunheim titled Anita - Tänze des Lasters centers around the life of Anita Berber.
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