Johanna Hofer

Johanna Hofer
Johanna Hofer and Fritz Kortner in Othello, 1921
Born	Johanna Therese Stern (1896-07-30)30 July 1896 Berlin, German Empire
Died	30 June 1988(1988-06-30) (aged 91) Munich, West Germany
Resting place	Munich Waldfriedhof
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1926–1982
Spouse	Fritz Kortner ​ ​ (m. 1924; died 1970)​
Children	2
Relatives	Maria Matray (sister) Käthe Kollwitz (aunt)

Johanna Hofer (born Johanna Therese Stern; 30 July 1896 – 30 June 1988) was a German film actress. She appeared in 34 films between 1926 and 1982.

Biography

Hofer was born in Berlin. She was the daughter of engineer and later director of AEG Georg Stern and his wife Lisbeth (née Schmidt), who was the younger sister of artist Käthe Kollwitz. Hofer's younger sisters were dancer Katta Sterna and actress Maria Matray. Hofer's father was Jewish and her mother was Lutheran. In 1932, Hofer and her husband, Austrian actor Fritz Kortner, left Germany and lived in Switzerland, then Austria and the United Kingdom, before settling in the United States in 1938. In 1941, the couple moved from New York City to Los Angeles.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1926	Die Schwester vom Roten Kreuz – Ein Lebenslauf
1927	Die Ausgestoßenen	Frau des Gefangenen
1943	Above Suspicion	Frau Kleist
	Hitler's Madman	Frau Magda Bauer	Uncredited
1945	Hotel Berlin	Frau Plottke	Uncredited
1949	The Last Illusion	Lina
1951	The Lost One	Frau Hermann
1952	Toxi	Grossmutter Helene
1956	Before Sundown	Frau Peters, Inkens Mutter
1957	The Big Chance	Großmutter Degner
	A Farewell to Arms	Mrs. Zimmerman
1958	A Song Goes Round the World	Frau von Hilden
1959	Dubrowsky	Maria Jegorowna
1973	Im Reservat	Frau Minkwitz	TV film
	The Pedestrian	Frau Bergedorf
1976	Derrick	Frau Balte	Season 3, Episode 7: "Kein schöner Sonntag"
1980	Groß und Klein	Alte
1981	Possession	Heinrich's Mother
1982	Veronika Voss	Alte Frau

External links

• Johanna Hofer at IMDb
• Johanna Hofer at AllMovie