Max Schreck(1879-1936)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Max Schreck was born in Berlin. He worked in an apprenticeship until
his father's death before enrolling into a school for acting. He toured
the country with his peers and was a member of several theaters until
he became a part of Max Reinhardt's group of innovative German actors.
He played mostly out of the norm characters, the elderly and the
grotesque, because of his talent and passion for make-up and costume
fabrication. Although film was a challenge in
which he excitedly and hopefully participated, he had small roles in
films that are scarcely available, and his real career was in German
theatre. He played hundreds of roles in his lifetime. He was married to
Fanny Normann, a fellow performer whom he met a short time after his
actor's education and shared many times with on stage. They had no
children. He died on the morning of February 20th, 1936 from a heart
attack.
