Paula Denk

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Paula Denk was a German actress. She was a star of stage, screen, radio and television whose career spanned five decades.

Denk's list of acting credits begins in the 1930s, with films such as Das verliebte Hotel, Eskapade and the comedy Peter, Paul und Nanette, in which she was described as "a slender brunette, especially attractive as a pert maid� in a 1940 New York Times review.

During this period she also appeared in many stage productions, and was immortalized as one of the stars featured in a now-collectible set of cigarette cards in 1936, along with such popular international stars of the day as Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant.

Denk was part of a circle that included writer Klaus Mann and famous actor/director Gustaf Gründgens. Among collaborations between Gründgens and Denk is a 1948 stage production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, in which they starred as Trigorin and Irina. In 1951, Denk played Lavinia Chamberlayne in a radio adaptation of TS Eliot's play The Cocktail Party. Gründgens directed the production, which also starred his ex-wife, Marianne Hoppe. Recordings of the play remain available today.