Biography
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink was a Czech-born German-American operatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the size, beauty, tonal richness, flexibility and wide range of her voice.
Filmography
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Movies 4
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Self (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties (1950)
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Mme. Schumann-Heink
Here's to Romance (1935)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1861-06-15
Deathday1936-11-17 (75 years old)
Birth NameErnestine Amalie Pauline Rössler
Birth PlaceLibeň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Prague, Czech Republic]
ChildrenGeorge Washington Schumann-Heink, Henry Schumann-Heink
CitizenshipsAustrian Empire, United States of America
ResidencesRadebeul, Germany
Also Known AsErnestine Roessler, Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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