Lisa Golm

Lisa Golm
ליסה גולם
Golm in The Hoodlum (1951)
Born	Luise Schmertzler (1891-04-10)10 April 1891 Berlin, German Empire
Died	6 January 1964(1964-01-06) (aged 72) Tel Aviv, Israel
Resting place	Haifa Cemetery, Israel
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1939–1962
Spouse(s)	Ernest Golm (m. 1918; died 1962)

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. 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.

Biography

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. She was naturalized as an American citizen on 24 September 1943, when a resident of Los Angeles.

Death

Golm died on 6 January 1964, aged 72, in Tel Aviv, Israel. She was buried in the Haifa Cemetery in Israel. She was survived by her sister, Jennie Schmertzler.

Selected filmography

• Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) as Mrs. Anna Westphal (uncredited)
• Escape (1940) as Anna
• So Ends Our Night (1941) as The Pale Woman, Ruth's roommate
• Journey for Margaret (1942) as Frau Weber
• Woman of the Year (1942) as Yugoslav Consul's Wife (uncredited)
• Calling Dr. Death (1943) as Marion's Mother
• Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943) as Frau Spitz (uncredited)
• Mission to Moscow (1943) as Train Passenger Arriving Late (uncredited)
• Above Suspicion (1943) as Frau Schulz (uncredited)
• Madame Curie (1943) as Lucille (uncredited)
• The Seventh Cross (1944) as Frau Hinkel (uncredited)
• Shadow of a Woman (1946) as Emma
• Without Reservations (1946) as Alma (uncredited)
• High Wall (1947) as Dr. Golm (uncredited)
• Possessed (1947) as Elsie
• Cry Wolf (1947) as Mrs. Laidell (uncredited)
• A Foreign Affair (1948) as German (uncredited)
• Homecoming (1948) as Anna (uncredited)
• Little Women (1949) as Mrs. Hummel (uncredited)
• Anna Lucasta (1949) as Theresa
• The Great Sinner (1949) as Elderly Lady (uncredited)
• The Doctor and the Girl (1949) as Hetty
• The Great Gatsby (1949) as Pamela's Nurse (uncredited)
• East Side, West Side (1949) as Josephine
• The Happy Years (1950) as Connie's Maid (uncredited)
• The Hoodlum (1951) as Mrs. Lubeck
• Payment on Demand (1951) as Molly
• A Place in the Sun (1951) as Eastman's Maid (uncredited)
• The Blue Veil (1951) as Elsa (uncredited)
• Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) as Mrs. Coffman
• My Pal Gus (1952) as Anna
• Invitation (1952) as Agnes, the Maid
• The Merry Widow (1952) as Queen (uncredited)
• Bad for Each Other (1953) as Mrs. Marzano (uncredited)
• Ride the High Iron (1956) as Mrs. Danielchik
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) (Season 2 Episode 17: "My Brother, Richard") as Mrs. Kopeck
• Monkey on My Back (1957) as Barney's Mother
• The Twilight Zone (1960) (Season 2 Episode 2: "The Man in the Bottle") as Mrs. Gumley

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• Lisa Golm at IMDb