Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director (died 1963)

Gustaf Gründgens

German actor (1899 – 1963)

Gustaf Gründgens, born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career continued unimpeded through the years of the Nazi regime; the…