Marija Leiko
Acting
Biography
Latvian actress of the stage and screen. She was killed during the great purge in 1938.
Born: August 14, 1887
Place of Birth: Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]
Known For
Torgus
John, a young man raised by his aunt, is in love with Anna, a servant girl who is going to have his baby. He is willing to marry her but his stern aunt wants him to marry a rich girl. To separate the lovers, she arranges for her nephew to be enrolled at a university in a distant town. She then has Anna sent away to live with Torgus the coffin maker and his mother where she will be secluded until the birth of the child. Torgus, a clumsy golem-esque sort of fellow, is immediately charmed by the beautiful girl and takes pity on her. Meanwhile, Anna anxiously awaits John's return.
Das Frühlingslied
Die Vase der Semirames
The Green Alley
An ill-fated love affair between a brothel waitress and a doctor's son.
Am Rüdesheimer Schloss steht eine Linde
Christel, the beautiful, blonde daughter of the old master blacksmith Wangen, and the young, handsome student Fritz von Hohenstein have fallen in love. The two spend a happy, carefree time on the banks of the Rhine. This does not fit in at all with the concept of the court clerk Ensser, as the devious officer himself has his eye on the attractive blonde. When he asks for her hand in marriage, Christel immediately rejects him.
Die Brüder von Zaarden
Die Frau im Käfig
Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds
Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples
Die Kwannon von Okadera
Harlander, a media mogul and war profiteer, has been told that he has six months before his sanity will leave him completely. He hires a young nurse, and decides to spend all his money before his six months are up.
Filmography
as Katherina Rezek
as Anna
as Pauline Piperkarcka
as Ingelene von Görtz
as Marija