Harry Meyen

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Birth Date:
31.08.1924
Death date:
14.04.1979
Length of life:
54
Days since birth:
36391
Years since birth:
99
Days since death:
16443
Years since death:
45
Person's maiden name:
Harald Haubenstock
Extra names:
Гарри Майен, Harry Meyen, Харальд Хаубеншток
Categories:
Actor, Director
Nationality:
 german
Cemetery:
Hamburg, Ohlsdorf Cemetery

Harry Meyen (born as Harald Haubenstock, 31 August 1924 – 15 April 1979) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television productions between 1948 and 1975. In the 1960s he worked as a successful theatre director in West Germany.

Personal life

Meyen was the son of a Jewish family in Hamburg and was incarcerated during the Nazi regime. He survived the Neuengamme concentration camp.

In July 1966 he married actress Romy Schneider until their divorce in 1975. Their son David Christopher (3 December 1966 – 5 July 1981) died in an accident two years after Meyen's suicide in 1979 in Hamburg.

Selected filmography

  • Alraune (1952)
  • Des Teufels General (1955)
  • Old Heidelberg (1959)
  • The High Life (1960)
  • Sweetheart of the Gods (1960)
  • Redhead (1962)
  • The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
  • Triple Cross (1966)
  • Is Paris Burning? (1966)
  • Derrick - Season 2, Episode 10: "Kamillas junger Freund" (1975)
  • Derrick - Season 4, Episode 07: "Mord in TEE 91" (1977)

Source: wikipedia.org, mod.uk

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Romy  SchneiderRomy SchneiderWife23.09.193829.05.1982
        2Magda  SchneiderMagda SchneiderMother in-law17.05.190930.07.1996

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