About Franz Egenieff
Lived 1874 – 1949 (aged 75). Franz Egenieff was a German actor, opera singer and film actor.
Franz Egenieff (born Marian Eberhard Franz Emil von Kleydorff; 31 May 1874 – 11 June 1949) was a German opera singer and actor.
Egenieff was born in Niederwalluf, Walluf, Hesse, Germany and died at age 75 in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany. He was a son of Prince Emil zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1824–1878) and his second wife Kamila Stefańska (1838–1902), after the marriage she got the aristocratic title von Kleydorff.
Franz Egenieff married 1898 Paula Busch (1877–1962), a niece of Adolphus Busch. The couple had three children. The oldest daughter Anita von Kleydorff (1899–1987) married 1927 the German general Walter Warlimont (1894–1976).
Selected filmography A Woman's Revenge (1921) The False Dimitri (1922) Die Buddenbrooks (1923) Colibri (1924) Vater werden ist nicht schwer (1926)
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Who was Franz Egenieff?
German opera singer and actor (1874–1949)
When was Franz Egenieff born?
Franz Egenieff was born on 31 May 1874 in Niederwalluf.
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Franz Egenieff died on 11 June 1949 in Gmund am Tegernsee.
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Franz Egenieff was an actor, opera singer and film actor.
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Franz Egenieff was German.
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