Emmy Wehlen
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Cosmopolitan Magazine, August 1912
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| Born | 1887 |
| Died | 1977 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | German actor |
Emmy Wehlen (1887–1977) was a German-born Edwardian musical comedy and silent film actress who vanished from the public eye while in her early thirties.
Wehlen was born in Mannheim, Germany, where, as a teenager, she received her musical training at the Mannheim Conservatory. She began her career with the Thalia-Theater company performing in musical theatre productions in Stuttgart, Munich and Berlin. She was later brought to London as a possible successor to Lily Elsie. In 1909 she played the lead role, Sonia, in The Merry Widow at Daly's Theatre. and later that year, at the same venue, played Olga, in the hit musical, The Dollar Princess, which had a run of 428 performances.
Soon she was in New York playing Rosalie in the musical comedy Marriage a la Carte that opened January 2, 1911 at the Casino Theatre on Broadway (music by Ivan Caryll). In 1912 she played Mrs. Guyer in A Winsome Widow at the Loew's New York Theatre, then known as the Moulin Rouge. The next year she appeared at the Gaiety Theatre, London and then at the 44th Street Theatre in The Girl on the Film as Winifred.The Playgoer and Society Illustrated wrote in May 1913, "Miss Emmy Wehlen used a distinctly pleasant voice to advantage". Her last Broadway performance came in the 1914/15 season playing June in To-Night's the Night at the Shubert Theatre.
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