Ilka Grüning

Ilka Grüning
Grüning in 1900
Born
Ilka Henriette Grunzweig

(1876-09-04)4 September 1876
Died11 November 1964(1964-11-11) (aged 88)
Resting placeWoodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica, California
Nationality
  • Austrian-Hungarian
  • American
OccupationActress
Years active1919–1953

Ilka Grüning (born Ilka Henriette Grünzweig; 4 September 1876 – 11 November 1964) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. Born in Vienna in the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire, she was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933. A respected and famous actress of her time in the German-language area, she was forced to play bit parts in Hollywood.