Vicki Baum was born on January 24, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary as Hedwig Baum. She was a writer and editor, known for Grand Hotel (1932), Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) and Die drei Frauen von Urban Hell (1928). She was married to Richard Lert and Max Prels. She died on August 29, 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.
August 29, 1960, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Profession
Writer, Editor
Education
University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Spouse
Richard Lert (m. 1916–1960)
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Quote
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Marriage always demands the finest arts of insincerity possible between two human beings.
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Fact
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Played harp with the symphony orchestra of the Vienna Conservatory, 1904-10. Played harp for the Hoftheater in Darmstadt, 1912-16.
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Took up boxing in the late 1920s.
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Viennese author of some fifty novels. Emigrated to the U.S., became an American citizen and enjoyed her greatest success with "Grand Hotel" (1930), filmed by MGM in 1932.
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Began her writing career worked as a journalist for the 'Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung'.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shanghai 1937
1997
TV Movie novel
Hell in Frauensee
1983
TV Movie novel
Rendezvous in Paris
1982
novel
Haus der Schönheit
1963
TV Movie novel "Pariser Platz 13"
Menschen im Hotel
1959
novel
Liebe
1956
novel "Vor Rehen wird gewarnt"
Celebrity Playhouse
1956
TV Series short story - 1 episode
Studentin Helene Willfüer
1956
novel "Stud. chem. Helene Willfüer
School for Love
1955
novel
Kraft Theatre
1952
TV Series story - 1 episode
L'aiguille rouge
1951
novel
Verträumte Tage
1951
novel "Das Joch"
Le château de verre
1950
novel "Sait-on jamais"
La belle que voilà
1950
novel "La carriére de Doris Hart"
A Woman's Secret
1949
novel "Mortgage on Life"
Honeymoon
1947
story
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
suggested by a play by
Behind City Lights
1945
story - uncredited
Hotel Berlin
1945
novel
The Great Flamarion
1945
based on a character created by
Girl Trouble
1942
original story
Powder Town
1942
idea
Unfinished Business
1941
contributor to screenplay - uncredited
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
story
Idiot's Delight
1939
uncredited
She Returned at Dawn
1938
writer
The Great Waltz
1938
story contributor - uncredited
Hélène
1936
novel
The Night Is Young
1935
from the story by
I Give My Love
1934
story
Ladies Lake
1934
novel
The Woman Accused
1933
Liberty Magazine serial chapter
Grand Hotel
1932/I
by
Stud. chem. Helene Willfüer
1930
novel
Die drei Frauen von Urban Hell
1928
novel "Hell in Frauensee" / screenplay
Feme
1927
novel
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Vicki Baum - Eine erstklassige Schriftstellerin zweiter Güte
$1.5 Million
