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    Title

  • Dolly Haas : with husband Al Hirschfeld at home in New York City

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black and white; framed ; 32 x 36 cm

  • Date

    1950?s

  • Place of Publication

    New York City

  • Summary

    Dolly Haas and her husband, Al Hirschfeld in a backyard's garden in NYC in the 1950s.

  • Depicted

    Haas, Dolly, 1910-1994

  • Subject

    Actors and actresses; Artists and theater; Portraits, Couple

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    Dolly Haas Family Collection, AR 25447

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

The actress Dolly (Dorothea Clara Eleanore) Haas was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1910, the second daughter of Charles Oswald Haas and his wife Margarethe, née Hansen. Dolly and her sister, Margarete attended Jacob Loewenberg’s prestigious girls’ school in Hamburg, the 'Anerkannte höhere Mädchenschule'. Dolly Haas had her debut as a professional actress in 1927. She then performed at one of Berlin’s main theaters, “Grosses Schauspielhaus”, before embarking on a film career that brought her to England and to Hollywood. In the USA, she also performed on Broadway. Dolly Haas was first married to the German director John Brahm and then to the renowned artist and caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. Dolly Haas died in New York in 1994.

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Dolly Haas : with husband Al Hirschfeld at home in New York City, Leo Baeck Institute, F 002 AR 25447.