Franz Egenieff was a German opera singer and actor.
Occupation
actor, opera singer, film actor
Citizenship
Germany
Born
May 31, 1874
Died
June 11, 1949
Overview
Franz Egenieff (born Marian Eberhard Franz Emil von Kleydorff; 31 May 1874 – 11 June 1949) was a German opera singer and actor.
Egenieff was born in Niederwalluf, Walluf, Hesse, Germany and died at age 75 in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany. He was a son of Prince Emil zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1824–1878) and his second wife Kamila Stefańska (1838–1902), after the marriage she got the aristocratic title von Kleydorff.
Franz Egenieff married 1898 Paula Busch (1877–1962), a niece of Adolphus Busch. The couple had three children. The oldest daughter Anita von Kleydorff (1899–1987) married 1927 the German general Walter Warlimont (1894–1976).
Selected filmography
A Woman's Revenge (1921)
The False Dimitri (1922)
Die Buddenbrooks (1923)
Colibri (1924)
Vater werden ist nicht schwer (1926)
