Biography

Paula Denk was born on January 18, 1908. She was an actress, known for Eskapade (1936), Conan Doyle und der Fall Edalji (1966) and A Glass of Water (1958). She was married to Max Eckard. She died on January 9, 1978 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.

In the 1950s, Denk began appearing in television roles, highlighted by a performance as Margot in Besuch Aus Der Zone (1958), and Leonida in Ein Tag in Paris (1966), in which Denk co-starred with Horst Tappert, who in 1975 would invite her to appear in an episode of his popular and long-running hit series, Derrick (TV series).

Paula Denk played Lavinia Chamberlayne in a radio adaptation of TS Eliot's play The Cocktail Party (staged as Die Cocktail Party).Gustav Gründgens directed the production, which also starred his ex-wife, Marianne Hoppe. Recordings of the play remain available today.

Denk's list of acting credits begins in the 1930s, with films such as Das verliebte Hotel (1933, as Lilo), Eskapade (1936, as Vera, the bride) and the comedy Peter, Paul und Nanette (1935, as Adele), in which she was described as "a slender brunette, especially attractive as a pert maid" in a 1940 New York Times review. During this period she also appeared in many stage productions, and was immortalized as one of the stars featured in a now-collectible set of cigarette cards in 1936, along with such popular international stars of the day as Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant.