Gert, Valeska
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| Birthname | Gertrud Valesca Samosch | ||||
| born on | 11 January 1892 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Berlin, Germany, 52n29, 13e21 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m13e21 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
German Jewish dancer, cabaret artist, actress, and artists' model. She was a pioneering performance artist who is said to have laid the foundations and paved the way for the punk movement. Gert could be considered one of Germany’s most overlooked artists.
On 18 March 1978 neighbours and friends in Kampen, Germany, reported she had not been seen for four days. When her door was forced in the presence of police she was found dead. She is believed to have died on 16 March. She was 86 years old. In 2010 the art of Valeska Gert was presented at the Berlin Museum for Contemporary Art Hamburger Bahnhof, in the exhibition Pause. Bewegte Fragmente (Pause. Fragments in motion).
Relationships
- (has as) worker relationship with Pollock, Jackson (born 28 January 1912)
- (has as) worker relationship with Williams, Tennessee (born 26 March 1911)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth record.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 86)
- Vocation : Beauty : Model (Artist's)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Night Club/ Vaudeville (Cabaret artist)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Dancer/ Teacher
Categories:
- 1892 births
- Birthday 11 January
- Birthplace Berlin, GER
- Sun 20 Capricorn
- Moon 15 Gemini
- Asc 7 Aquarius
- 1978 deaths
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Beauty : Model
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Night Club/ Vaudeville
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Dancer/ Teacher
