Illona Horvathy
History
A spirited, athletic dancer, she was cast as the dancer-assassin Erzbet in the infamous production of Drachenfels by Detlef Sierck. [1a]
She and Reinhardt Jessner the actor who was playing Rudi Wegener quickly became a couple, as Erzbet and Rudi had in real life. [1a]
When Genevieve Dieudonné replaced Lilli Nissen and took the role of herself, Illona was nervous but this actually fitted well with her character who had also been afraid of the vampire. [1b] She increasingly shone on stage, but between scenes she clutched a bucket which she occasionally threw up into. [1b]
She and Reinhardt married and had two children, twins who they named Erzbet and Rudi. [1c]
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