Marija Leiko Net Worth
Marija Leiko Net Worth is
$15 Million
Marija Leiko Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Marija Leiko (Latvian: Marija Leiko, also known as Marija Leyko; August 14, 1887, Riga, Latvia – February 3, 1938, Moscow, USSR) was a Latvian silent movie actress in Europe since the 1910s, especially popular in Latvia, Germany and Russia. | Date Of Birth | August 14, 1887 |
| Died | 1937-02-03 |
| Place Of Birth | Riga, Russian Empire |
| Profession | Actress |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | About her manner of death exist different versions. One says that Marija Leiko did not see a way out of the situation and committed suicide in her cell by hanging respectively that she was executed by a firing squad. |
| 2 | The cinema offered Leiko a broader range, enabling her to tackle comedy and contemporary drama as well as costume epics. Her 26 screen credits include "Kain" (1918), "Lola Montez" (title role, 1919), director F.W. Murnau's "Satanas" (1920), and "Die Rothausgasse" (1928). Three were directed by Guter, though their relationship had ended by 1919. |
| 3 | In 1935 she visited the Soviet Union and stayed to join the company of the Latvian State Theatre in Moscow. This theatre was shut down during Stalin's purges. |
| 4 | During the so-called Mopping-Up by Stalin's henchmen Marija Leiko was arrested as a spy because of her past in Germany and she was interrogated hard. |
| 5 | Few of her silent films survive. |
| 6 | Her repertory included Ophelia and Gertrude in "Hamlet", Gretchen in "Faust", Natasha in "The Lower Depths", and Elizabeth of Valois in "The Robbers". |
| 7 | After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, she returned to her native Latvia. |
| 8 | In 1908 her lover, then actor and later director Janis Guter, was suspected of involvement in the murder of a policeman, and the couple fled to Austria via Denmark. |
| 9 | Highlights of her stage career were engagements with Max Reinhardt's company (1917 to 1920) and at the National Theatre under Erwin Piscator (1926). |
| 10 | Leiko had one daughter, Nora, who married a retired Soviet diplomat and lived in Russian Georgia. When Nora died in childbirth in 1935, the actress agreed to raise her granddaughter in Riga and traveled cross country to fetch her. On the return journey she was delayed in Moscow, where she accepted an invitation to become a permanent member of the Latvian State Theatre. |
| 11 | Leiko made her performing debut at Riga's Apollo Theatre at the age of 19. |
| 12 | As an actress Marija Leiko conquered the German big screen first starring in the Die Diamantenstiftung (1917), Kain (1918), Ewiger Strom (1919), Die Frau im Käfig (1919) and Lola Montez (1919) as the dancer. |
| 13 | What became of her three year-old granddaughter is unknown. |
| 14 | Following a 10-minute "trial", she was shot and buried in a mass grave at the secret NKVD killing field at Butovo, near Moscow. |
| 15 | The decision being a member of the Latvian State Theatre would cost Leiko her life. Xenophobia played a major role in Stalin's political purges of the late 1930s, as the dictator was determined to eliminate foreigners (including Latvians) from positions of power and influence. In December 1937 the Latvian State Theatre was shut down and virtually the entire company, including Leiko, was arrested on fabricated charges of belonging to a "counter-revolutionary nationalist group" in league with fascists. |
| 16 | When the silent movie era ended Leiko retired from film acting. |
| 17 | She studied at Vienna's Imperial Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before moving to Germany in 1910, settling in Berlin in 1917. |
| 18 | She was "posthumously rehabilitated in absence of a crime" in 1958. |
| 19 | On 15 December 1937 Leiko was arrested on false charges of belonging to a "Latvian nationalist conspiracy". On 3 February 1938 she was shot and buried in a mass grave at the secret NKVD killing field at Butovo, near Moscow. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die Räuberbande | 1928 | ||
| Die Rothausgasse | 1928 | Katherina Rezek | |
| Am Ruedesheimer Schloss steht eine Linde | 1928 | Fritzs Mutter | |
| Aufstieg der kleinen Lilian | 1925 | ||
| Dr. Wislizenus | 1924 | ||
| Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen | 1923 | Gesine Jakobsen | |
| Der Frauenkönig | 1923 | ||
| Die Schneiderkomteß | 1922 | Die junge Komteß | |
| Versunkene Welten | 1922 | ||
| Kinder der Finsternis - 2. Kämpfende Welten | 1922 | Maria Geone | |
| Kinder der Finsternis - 1. Der Mann aus Neapel | 1921 | Maria Geone | |
| Die Frau von morgen | 1921 | ||
| Die Ratten | 1921 | Pauline Piperkarcka | |
| Die Furcht vor dem Weibe | 1921 | Reederstochter | |
| Am Webstuhl der Zeit | 1921 | Ruth Einser, Hansens Assistentin (as Marija Leyko) | |
| Das Opfer der Ellen Larsen | 1921 | Ellen Larsen | |
| Torgus | 1921 | Anna | |
| Die rote Redoute | 1921 | ||
| Die Kwannon von Okadera | 1920 | Ingele von Geortz | |
| Ewiger Strom | 1920 | Marija, ein Mädchen | |
| Satanas | 1920 | Irene | |
| Falscher Start | 1919 | Inge | |
| Freie Liebe | 1919 | ||
| Lola Montez 2 | 1919 | ||
| Die Augen im Walde | 1919 | Prinzessin | |
| Die Frau im Käfig | 1919 | ||
| Das Glück der Irren | 1919 | ||
| Die Vase der Semirames | 1918 | ||
| Die Brüder von Zaarden | 1918 | ||
| Kain | 1918 | ||
| Das Frühlingslied | 1918 | ||
| Kain. II. Im Goldrausch | 1918 | ||
| Die Diamantenstiftung | 1917 |
Known for movies
Falscher Start (1919)
as Inge
Am Ruedesheimer Schloss steht eine Linde (1928)
as Fritzs Mutter
Die Rothausgasse (1928)
as Katherina Rezek
Am Webstuhl der Zeit (1921)
as Ruth Einser, Hansens Assistentin