- Georg Jacoby was an actor, film and theatre director. He started to play on stage in 1915 and in cinema in WWI propaganda films. After 1919, he was only a film director. In 1922, he made So sind die Männer (1923) ("The Little Napoleon"), in which Marlene Dietrich had a bit part. His first wife was Edith Meller, but in 1940, he met Marika Rökk. They got married and had one child in 1944, Gabriele Jacoby, who also became an actress and singer. He made his best films with Marika during the 30s and 40s.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rudi Polt / rudipolt@aol.com
- SpousesMarika Rökk(1940 - February 21, 1964) (his death, 1 child)Edith Meller (divorced)
- In 1959 appeared the last cooperation between Jacoby and Rökk in the cinemas - "Die Nacht vor der Premiere". Marika Rökk told later: "We flog the success craze to dead".
- Jacoby was born in Mainz, Germany, the son of comic playwright Wilhelm Jacoby.
- Georg Jacoby got a working prohibition after the war.
- He soon proved to be a versatile talent. He directed both comedies and moral movies and sex education films - a genre which was very popular at this time - as well as monumental movies.
- He was only able to make new films in 1950.
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