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3 unusual facts about Truus van Aalten


Truus van Aalten

Truus met the other members of the cast - her six "sisters" (including English actress Betty Balfour) and Willy Fritsch as Count Horkay (19).

Her claim to be related to Anton Chekhov was true, but she also loved to spin the most amazing yarns about her early life: she was close to Tsar Nicholas II, had met Rasputin and had fled the Revolution disguised as a mute peasant woman, hiding her jewellery in her mouth.

Also in 1929, "Der Sonderling" ("The Eccentric") gave her the chance to work with one of Germany's comedy giants, Karl Valentin.



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