Hedwiga Reicher

Hedwiga Reicher (Born Hedwig Reicher; 12 June 1884 – 2 September 1971) was a German actress. Her performances on Broadway were credited with the original spelling of her first name. Another brother, Hans Reicher, was a sculptor, and her sister, Elly, was an actress.

Reicher's film debut came in The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, produced by Ferdinand Earle.

Hedwig Reicher at the Woman Suffrage Procession in front of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., on 3 March 1913.

Selected filmography A Lover's Oath (1925) – Hassan's wife The King of Kings (1927) – (uncredited) The Leopard Lady (1928) – Fran Holweg True Heaven (1929) – Madame Grenot The Godless Girl (1929) – Prison Matron Lucky Star (1929) – Mrs. Tucker The Murder Trial of Mary Dugan (1931) – Mrs. Rice Beyond Victory (1931) – German Nurse (uncredited) Sporting Chance (1931) – Aunt Hetty The Dragon Murder Case (1934) – Mrs. Schwartz (uncredited) Rendezvous (1935) – De Segroff's Associate (uncredited) The House of a Thousand Candles (1936) – Maria I Married a Doctor (1936) – Bessie Valborg Dracula's Daughter (1936) – the innkeeper's wife (uncredited) It Could Happen to You (1937) – German Woman at Boardinghouse (uncredited) Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) – Lisa Kassel Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) – Nurse (uncredited, Last appearance)

Broadway roles On the Eve (1909), her Broadway debut The Next of Kin (1909) Henrik Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea (1911) – Ellida The Thunderbolt (1911) June Madness (1912) – Mrs. Thornborough The Stronger (1913) When the Young Vine Blooms (1915) Caliban of the Yellow Sands (1916) – Cleopatra --Source: Internet Broadway Database

Other Reicher was hired to portray the mythological figure Columbia for the Woman Suffrage Procession, a suffrage parade on 3 March 1913, in Washington, D.C. According to news reports at the time, the group, which included 5000 to 8000 suffragists, marched from the US Capitol to the Treasury Building, and was watched by a crowd of 500,000 (mostly men). Their intent was to upstage Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, due to take place the following day.