Ilka Grüning
Ilka Grüning | |
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Grüning in 1900 | |
| Born | Ilka Henriette Grunzweig 4 September 1876 |
| Died | 11 November 1964 (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica, California |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1919–1953 |
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.