Thea Rosenquist

Thea Rosenquist (8 May 1896 – 26 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress. Rosenquist acted in several Austrian silent films, and was considered a replacement for Liane Haid.[1] She married industrialist Leon Joseph Koerner in 1923, and settled down in Vienna and Prague. Rosenquist was of Jewish origin and had to escape following the Nazi takeovers of Austria and Czechoslovakia. She went to the Netherlands, on to Britain before finally settling down in Canada.[2] Several of her family members were killed in the Holocaust.

Thea Rosenquist
Rosenquist in 1919
Born
Theodora Anna Mathilde Julie Rosenquist

(1896-05-08)8 May 1896
Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein
German Empire
Died26 July 1959(1959-07-26) (aged 63)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Other namesThea Körner
Thea Koerner
OccupationActress
Years active1913-1922

Rosenquist and her husband established a charitable foundation, the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, in 1955. The Thea Koerner House Graduate Student Centre of the University of British Columbia was named in her honour.[3]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Dassanowsky p.25
  2. "Leon Joseph Koerner (1892-1972)". Parks Canada. July 21, 2009.
  3. "founders". The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation.

Bibliography
  • Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub, 2005.


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