Lisa Golm

German character actress (1891–1964)

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
Other names	Der rote Besen
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.^[1]^[2]^[3] 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.^[4] She was naturalized as an American citizen on 24 September 1943, when a resident of Los Angeles.^[5]

Death

Golm died on 6 January 1964, aged 72, in Tel Aviv, Israel from a neoplasm (or tumour).^{[clarification needed]} She was buried in the Haifa Cemetery in Israel. She was survived by her sister, Jennie Schmerzler.^[6]

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

References

^ Keaney p.191
^ Capua p.157
^ Andreychuk p.61
^ "Lisa Golm in the California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records". Federal Naturalization Records. 19 July 1938. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ "Lisa Golm in the U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992". Naturalization Record Indexes. 24 September 1943. Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Ancestry.com.
^ "Lisa Golm in the U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974". American Embassy. 27 January 1964. Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Ancestry.com.

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.