Biography

Ery Bos was born on October 3, 1908 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for A Shot at Dawn (1932), Crown of Thorns (1932) and Roman einer Nacht (1933). She died on March 10, 2005 in Chappaqua, New York, USA.

German-Dutch ballet dancer and screen actress, on the stage from 1925. Trained in diction by Ilka Grüning. Played ingénues in a few films of the 1930's. Emigrated to the U.S. after 1934 to evade Nazi persecution. Did not perform again from that point.

She emigrated to the USA where she lived as Ery Grünfeld and died in Chappaqua at the age of 96.

She was the daughter of the Dutch composer and pianist Coenraad V. Bos.

Ery Bos had only a short film career but she took part in a dozen movies at all within three years.

She established herself as a star in the cinema of the Weimar Republic, but was forced to flee following the takeover of the Nazi Party due to her Jewish background.