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GERMAN EXILES
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German
Exiles in Southern California
Oscar Homolka (1898-1978) & Florence Homolka (1911-1962)
Oscar
Homolka was an Austrian character actor who worked in the Berlin theater
and film world. He was best known for his characterization of spies
and villians. He worked first for Max Reinhardt's theater and began
his film career in the mid 1920s. In 1935 he emigrated voluntarily to
Paris and England, leaving two years later for the United States. His
career in Hollywood movies was quite successful; a sampling of his films
are listed here: Ebb Tide (1937), Mission to Moscow
(1943), The Seven Year Itch (1955), and War and Peace
(1956). Homolka also appeared in several televison shows.
His
wife, Florence (Meyer) Homolka, was the eldest daughter of Eugene
(1875-1959), editor of the Washington Post, and Agnes E.
Meyer (1887-1970). Agnes Meyer became acquainted with Thomas Mann in
1937; they became good friends and Meyer helped to translate some of
Mann's writings. Florence Homolka worked as a photographer and took
many portraits of Marta
and Lion Feuchtwanger.
The
Homolkas lived at 10788 Bellagio Road in Bel-Air and 914 Corsica
Drive in Pacific Palisades.
Oscar
Homolka's years in Southern California: 1937-1978.
Florence
Homolka's years in Southern California: 1937-1962.
References
The
New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th edition. Chicago: Encyclopaedia
Britannica, 1995.
Thomas
Mann. Tagebücher 1940-1943. Edited by Peter de Mendelssohn.
Frankfurt: Fischer, 1982.
For
more information contact the Feuchtwanger
Librarian.
