Lien Deyers(1909-1982)
- Actress
Dutch actress Lien Deyers was discovered by the great German director
Fritz Lang, who gave her a part in his film Spione (1928). After that she
became a big star in Germany and appeared in many successful films in the
1930s. She married director Alfred Zeisler. When the Nazis came to power, she
and her Jewish husband left Germany for England. There she
couldn't find work in the film business, so she and her husband went to
the US to try their luck.
In the US things went from bad to worse. Unable to find work in Hollywood, she was forced to take jobs outside the business. Her marriage to Zeisler eventually failed, and she took to the bottle to solve her problems. She soon became an alcoholic and had numerous run-ins with the law. She married and divorced a few times, but soon completely vanished from the public view. The last time she was heard from was in 1964, when she was in a Las Vegas (NV) jail. It is thought that she died shortly after that.
In the US things went from bad to worse. Unable to find work in Hollywood, she was forced to take jobs outside the business. Her marriage to Zeisler eventually failed, and she took to the bottle to solve her problems. She soon became an alcoholic and had numerous run-ins with the law. She married and divorced a few times, but soon completely vanished from the public view. The last time she was heard from was in 1964, when she was in a Las Vegas (NV) jail. It is thought that she died shortly after that.
