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- Olga Limburg was born on April 5, 1881 in Düsseldorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Mädchenjahre einer Königin (1936), Hedda Gabler (1925) and Prinz Kuckuck - Die Höllenfahrt eines Wollüstlings (1919). She died on March 7, 1970 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Versatile German character actress who began acting on stage in 1901. Her film career possibly predates 1915. Though her main forte was comedy, she was adept at any part across diverse genres, from charwomen and chamber maids to mothers superior and duchesses, to clever grandmothers and aunts.
- Limburg died on 7 March 1970 just one month before her 89th birthday. Her ashes were buried in the St. Anne's Cemetery.
- Before her retirement from the film industry she acted in Nannete, Kleider machen Leute (both 1940), Lord of life and death (1954) and The Heart of St. Pauli (1957).
- The sound film of the 30's meant the most labour-intensive decade for Olga Limburg.
- She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters including the Tribune, the Metropol Theatre, Berlin Lustspielhaus, the comedy and the Theater am Kurfürstendamm.
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