Georg Jacoby
director, producer, writer
- Born:
- 1883-07-23, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Died:
- 1964-02-21, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Professions:
- director, producer, writer
Biography
Georg Jacoby first stepped into the spotlight in 1915, trading lines onstage, then swapped live audiences for the flicker of wartime propaganda reels once the guns of 1914 began to roar. When the armistice dust settled, he left acting behind for good and took his place behind the camera. In 1922 he rolled on “So sind die Männer,” released the following year as “The Little Napoleon,” slipping a then-unknown Marlene Dietrich into a fleeting cameo. Off-set, he shared his life with actress Edith Meller until 1940, when he crossed paths with Marika Rökk; their whirlwind union produced daughter Gabriele in 1944, a girl who would grow up to sing and act just like her mother. Side-by-side with Marika, Jacoby spun the liveliest pictures of his career through the glamour-soaked thirties and forties.
