Mini-Biography:
Grit Hegesa was born under the given name Karoline Margaretha Schmidt on Dezember 23, 1891 in Niederlahnstein am Rhein. She was a German Schauspielerinin, known for Fräulein Else (1929), Der weisse Pfau (1920), Kinder der Finsternis - 1. Teil: Der Mann aus Neapel (1921), Grit Hegesa's first movie on record is from 1916. She was married to Johann Nikolaus Meyer (1911-1919) and Emil van Hauth (1925-). Grit Hegesa died on Januar 17, 1972 in München. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1929.
Biographical Notes
Ausgebildete Tänzerin, Schauspielerin des deutschen Stummfilms, in zweiter Ehe mit dem Maler Emil van Hauth verheiratet.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1929: Fräulein Else (Darsteller: Cissy Mohr), Directed by Paul Czinner, with Elisabeth Bergner, Albert Bassermann, Albert Steinrück,
1921: Kinder der Finsternis - 2. Teil: Kämpfende Welten (Darsteller: Lilian Grey), Directed by E.A. Dupont, with Hans Mierendorff, Adele Sandrock,
1921: Kinder der Finsternis - 1. Teil: Der Mann aus Neapel (Darsteller: Lilian Grey), Directed by E.A. Dupont, with Hans Mierendorff, Sybil Smolowa,
1921: Die Nacht ohne Morgen (Darsteller: Seine Frau), Directed by Karl Grune, with Eugen Klöpfer, Hanni Weisse, Hans Mierendorff,
1921: Mann über Bord (Darsteller), Directed by Karl Grune, with Erich Kaiser-Titz, Alfred Abel,
1920: Der Mann auf der Flasche (Darsteller: Medini), Directed by Ottmar Ostermayr, with , Fritz Greiner,
1920: Whitechapel (Eine Kette von Perlen und Abenteuern) (Darsteller: Rahel), Directed by E.A. Dupont, with Hans Mierendorff, Carl Clewing,
1920: Der weisse Pfau (Tragödie einer Tänzerin) (Darsteller: Tänzerin Marylowna), Directed by E.A. Dupont, Paul Leni, with Hans Mierendorff, Lore Sello,
1920: Der Mord ohne Täter (Herztrumpf) (Darsteller), Directed by E.A. Dupont, with Henry Bender, Bernhard Goetzke,
1920: Nachtbesuch in der Northernbank (Darsteller), Directed by Karl Grune, with Hermann Vallentin, Paul Richter,
1919: Miss Sarah Sampson (Darsteller), Directed by Adolf Abter, with Ethel Orff, Robert Scholz,
1919: Erdgift (Darsteller: Lil, seine Pflegetochter), Directed by Paul Otto, with Hermann Nesselträger, , Arthur Schröder,
1919: Wahnsinn (Darsteller: Tänzerin Marion Cavello), Directed by Conrad Veidt, with Conrad Veidt, Gussy Holl, Reinhold Schünzel,
1919: Das Recht der freien Liebe (Das Recht auf Liebe) (Darsteller), Directed by Jaap Speyer, with Magnus Stifter, Ernst Hofmann, Käthe Richter,
1919: Seine Beichte (Darsteller: Siddy Roth [is female]), Directed by Hubert Moest, Joseph Delmont, with Reinhold Schünzel, Hedda Vernon, Karl Platen,
1919: Geflüster des Teufels (Darsteller), Directed by Eugen Illés, with Esther Carena,
1919: Hotel Esplanade (Darsteller: Tänzerin), Directed by Karin Swanström, with , Paul Bildt,
1917: Des Prokurators Tochter (Darsteller: Lore, Kellnerin), Directed by William Wauer, with , Hermann Thimig, Adolf Klein,
1916: Harry Higgs (Darsteller), Directed by E.A. Dupont, Joe May, Rudolf Meinert, Arthur Robison, with Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss,