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| Born | Charlotta Wegmüller 1 March 1898 |
| Died | 28 July 1976 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1926–1941 |
Charlotte Susa (1 March 1898 – 28 July 1976) was a German actress.
Charlotte Susa | |
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| Born | Charlotta Wegmüller 1 March 1898 |
| Died | 28 July 1976 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1926–1941 |
Charlotte Susa (1 March 1898 – 28 July 1976) was a German actress.
Susa was born Charlotta Wegmüller in Gut Gaußen (now part of Kretingalė), East Prussia and first appeared on a stage in 1915 at Tilsit. She chose her mother's maiden name "Susa" as her stage name and began a successful career as a singer and actress at different German opera and operetta stages, e.g. at Brandenburg, Essen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne and later at the Admiralspalast in Berlin.
Susa gave her debut as a film actress in the German silent movie Der Prinz und die Tänzerin in 1926 and became popular for her roles as a femme fatale. In 1932 she signed a contract with MGM and moved to the United States to start an international career.
Elizabeth Yeaman wrote in her newspaper column on 15 August 1932:
However, Susa did not succeed in Hollywood, returned to Germany soon and canceled the MGM contract in 1934. Her last role in a movie was a minor one in the 1941 comedy Der Gasmann alongside Heinz Rühmann and Anny Ondra. After that she returned to theater stages.
Susa was married to Paul Cablin, Fritz Malkowsky and after 1939 to Andrews Engelmann. She died at Basel in Switzerland at the age of 78.
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