Lisa Golm (née Luise Schmertzler, Hebrew: לואיז שמרצלר; 10 April 1891 – 6 January 1964) was a German actress who emigrated to America and appeared in a number of Hollywood films as a character actress.[1][2][3] Golm made her first screen appearance in the 1939 film Confessions of a Nazi Spy. She also featured on American television, appearing on shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Third Man and The Twilight Zone.

Lisa Golm
ליסה גולם
Golm in The Hoodlum (1951)
Born
Luise Schmertzler

(1891-04-10)10 April 1891
Died6 January 1964(1964-01-06) (aged 72)
Resting placeHaifa Cemetery, Israel
Other namesDer rote Besen
OccupationActress
Years active1939–1962
Spouse(s)Ernest Golm
(m. 1918; died 1962)

Biography

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On 6 November 1918, she married Ernest Otto Ferdinand Golm in Berlin, Germany and later entered the United States at New York City on 3 December 1937.[4] She was naturalized as an American citizen on 24 September 1943, when a resident of Los Angeles.[5]

Death

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Golm died on 6 January 1964, aged 72, in Tel Aviv, Israel from a neoplasm (or tumour).[clarification needed] She was buried in the Haifa Cemetery in Israel. She was survived by her sister, Jennie Schmerzler.[6]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Keaney p.191
  2. ^ Capua p.157
  3. ^ Andreychuk p.61
  4. ^ "Lisa Golm in the California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records". Federal Naturalization Records. 19 July 1938. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Lisa Golm in the U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992". Naturalization Record Indexes. 24 September 1943. Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Ancestry.com.
  6. ^ "Lisa Golm in the U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974". American Embassy. 27 January 1964. Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Ancestry.com.

Bibliography

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  • Andreychuk, Ed. Burt Lancaster: A Filmography and Biography. McFarland, 2015.
  • Capua, Michelangelo. Janet Leigh: A Biography. McFarland, 2013.
  • Keaney, Michael F. Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959. McFarland, 2003.
  • McLaughlin, Robert. We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema during World War II. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.
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