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| Born | Eva Maria Mandl 29 May 1902 |
| Died | 10 September 1924 (aged 22) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1914–1924 |
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| Parent(s) | Joe May (father) Mia May (mother) |
Eva Maria Mandl (29 May 1902 – 10 September 1924), known professionally asEva May, was anAustrian actress. She was the daughter of the film directorJoe May and his wife actressMia May. In 1924, she committedsuicide by gunshot.[1]
Eva Maria Mandl was born on 29 May 1902, the daughter of Mia May and the Austrian-Jewish[2] film director Joe May. Her parents had married seven weeks prior to her birth.[3]
She took the name of Eva May and made her film debut inDie geheimnisvolle Villa (1914), which was directed by her father. From 1918 onwards she worked for the Ring-Film GmbH, managed by Manfred Liebenau, who was working as a director under the nom de plumeErik Lund. The two married when May was 16 years old. During this time, May appeared in films such asErträumtes (1918),Sadja (1918), andThe Bride of the Incapacitated (1919). Lund and May soon created their own Eva May serial, for which May wrote the scripts.
In the 1920s, May worked with her father in films such asThe Legend of Holy Simplicity (1920) andJunge Mama (1921). Privately, May was regarded as difficult to work with, and often quarrelled with her father. She worked with other directors likeKarl Grune inThe Count of Charolais (1922) andMax Mack inDie Fledermaus (1923) oppositeLya de Putti. She starred alongsideAlfred Abel inScheine des Todes (1923), which was directed by her second husband, Lothar Mendes. The most successful films she starred in werePaganini (1923) withConrad Veidt, andOld Heidelberg (1923) withPaul Hartmann. Her final film wasDer geheime Agent (1924).
May married for a third time toManfred Noa, but they divorced shortly after. AfterFritz Mandl refused to marry her, Eva May committed suicide.[4][5] The year prior, May had attempted to commit suicide by slashing her wrists after Rudolf Sieber broke off their engagement and marriedMarlene Dietrich instead.[6]
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