Lee Parry(1901-1977)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Beautiful German silent actress and singer, the daughter of a stage
actor, opera tenor and variety director, who was popularly known as
'Papa Benz'. Parry was discovered for films in 1919 by the director/producer Richard Eichberg
(whom she subsequently married). She reached the pinnacle of her career
starring opposite Paul Wegener (of 'Golem'
fame) in the historical drama
Monna Vanna (1922). Otherwise, she
was at her best in comedies. After Parry's film career reached a hiatus
in the late 1920's, she made a short-lived comeback in talking
pictures, starring in a couple of Viennese operettas. She was also a
successful radio singer and recording artist of popular hits like "Ich
bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt" (with the orchestra of
Theo Mackeben). In 1956, Parry moved to
Buenos Aires with her second husband, the director of the German
theatre-in-exile, "Freie Deutsche Bühne". Following a theatrical
comeback in the play "Manon", she continued to perform for several more
years on various stages across South America.
