General Info | TEI
| Name | Viertel, Salka |
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| ID | 834 |
| Gender | female |
| Lifespan | 1889-06-15 - 1978-10-20 |
| Professions | actor (Q33999), film screenwriter (Q69423232) |
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| Uri(s) |
https://ica.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/apis/api2/entity/834/ https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/7611/ https://d-nb.info/gnd/118626949 |
| Notes | During the 1930s and 40s, Salka Viertel hosted a salon for artists and intellectuals at her home in Hollywood where Hollywood insiders, European émigrés, and German and Austrian refugees gathered. These gatherings not only "provided the newcomers from Europe with useful connections leading to employment [particularly in the film industry], advice how to negotiate the new environment, practical assistance and emotional support" but also constituted a venue for antifascist political activism (see Schreckenberger 2016, 161-78). As many others, she was watched by the FBI and struggled to find work due to her political engagement and presumed communist leanings. |
| References | For her biography see Prager, Katharina. " 'Ich bin nicht gone Hollywood!' Salka Viertel – ein Leben in Theater und Film." Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, 2007. Schreckenberger, Helga. "Salka Viertel's Transnational Hollywood Network." Networks of Refugees from Nazi Germany. Leiden: Brill, 2016. 161-78. |
Relations
Event
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | related >> participated in >> hosted | Sunday's at Salka |
| — | — | related >> was commemorated by | Sudays at Salka's: Musik, Literatur und Film im amerikanischen Exil |
Institution
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | — | related >> worked for/at | Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg |
| — | — | related >> was member of | Hollywood Anti-Nazi-League |
| — | — | related >> was member of | Screen Writers Guild |
| 1910 | — | related >> worked for/at | Pressburger Stadttheater |
| 1913 | — | related >> worked for/at | Neue Wiener Bühne |
| 1923 | — | established >> founding member of | Die Truppe |
| 1946 | 1946 | related >> worked for/at | Warner Brothers Pictures |
| 1933 | 1943-05 | related >> worked for/at | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| — | — | established >> founder of | Hanns Eisler Defense Committee |
Person
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Person |
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| 1918 | 1947 | related >> in a relationship with >> married to | Viertel, Berthold |
| — | — | related >> student of | Römpler, Alexander |
| — | — | related >> friendship with >> close friendship with | Garbo, Greta |
| — | — | related >> acquainted with | Einstein, Albert |
| — | — | related >> acquainted with | Ėjzenštejn, Sergej M. |
| 1944 | 1944 | related >> collaborated with | Brecht, Bertolt |
| — | — | related >> acquainted with | Chaplin, Charlie |
| — | — | related >> acquainted with | Hemingway, Ernest |
| — | — | related >> acquainted with | Schönberg, Arnold |
| — | — | related >> friendship with | Mann, Heinrich |
Place
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Place |
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| 1889-06-15 | — | born in | Sambir |
| 1929-06-01 | — | stayed in | Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1929 | — | moved to | Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1931 | 1944 | lived at | 165 Mabery Road, Santa Monica |
| 1933 | 1953 | owner of | 165 Mabery Road, Santa Monica |
| 1953 | — | stayed in | Klosters |
| 1960 | — | moved to | Klosters |
| 1978-10-20 | — | died in | Klosters |
Work
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Work |
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| — | — | related >> wrote >> author of | The Kindness of Strangers (Das unbelehrbare Herz) |
| 1933 | — | related >> wrote >> wrote the screenplay of | Queen Christina |
| 1934 | — | related >> wrote >> wrote the screenplay of | The Painted Veil |
| 1935 | — | related >> wrote >> wrote the screenplay of | Anna Karenina |
| 1937 | — | related >> wrote >> wrote the screenplay of | Conquest |
| 1941 | — | related >> wrote >> wrote the screenplay of | The Two Faced Woman |
Label
| Label | Start | End | Label type | ISO Code |
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| Mea Steuermann | — | — | alternative name | deu |
| Salomea Sara Steuermann | — | — | alternative name >> maiden name | deu |
| Viertel, Salka | — | — | Legacy name (merge) | deu |
