Biography
Thea Gabriele von Harbou was a German actress and author of Prussian aristocratic origin. She was born in Tauperlitz in the Kingdom of Bavaria. She is especially known for the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis directed by her husband Fritz Lang. She would often publish her screenplays as novels. In 1933, Lang fleed Nazi Germany as he was Jewish; whilst she made several Nazi propaganda films. She later married Ayi Tendulkar, a journalist of Indian origin - before dying in 1954.
Filmography
all 77
Movies 76
Writer 57
Screenplay 11
Director 2
TV Shows 1
Novel / Original Film Writer

Metropolis (2001)
Movie
4.5
Original Film Writer

M the Damned (1982)
Movie
Writer

Dr. Holl (1951)
Movie
Original Story

M (1951)
Movie
Writer

Via Mala (1945)
Movie
Writer

Kolberg (1945)
Movie
Writer

Die Gattin (1943)
Movie
Story / Screenplay

The Genius and the Nightingale (1943)
Movie
Writer

Annelie (1941)
Movie
Writer

Lauter Liebe (1940)
Movie
Writer

Jugend (1938)
Movie
Story / Screenplay

Mother Song (1937)
Movie
Screenplay

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Movie
Screenplay

M (1931)
Movie
3.67
Screenplay / Novel

Woman in the Moon (1929)
Movie
Novel / Screenplay

Spies (1928)
Movie
Novel / Screenplay

Metropolis (1927)
Movie
6.13
Writer

Michael (1924)
Movie
Screenplay

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Movie
Writer

Phantom (1922)
Movie
Writer

Destiny (1921)
Movie
4.5
Original Story

Metropolis
TV
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1888-12-27
Deathday1954-07-01 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceTauperlitz, Germany
RelationshipsFritz Lang (1922 - 1933), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1914 - 1920)
SiblingsHorst von Harbou
CitizenshipsWest Germany, German Empire, Nazi Germany, Weimar Republic
Also Known AsThea Gabriele von Harbou
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