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2 unusual facts about Frieda Riess


Frieda Riess

In 1918, she opened a business on the prestigious Kurfürstendamm; it became one of the most popular studios in the city.

Partly as a result of her marriage to the journalist Rudolf Leonhard in the early 1920s, she extended her clientele to celebrities such as playwright Walter Hasenclever, novelist Gerhart Hauptmann and actors and actresses including Tilla Durieux, Asta Nielsen and Emil Jannings.



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