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Johanna Terwin

German actress (1884-1962)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ98600 ↗
Source-derived summary

Johanna Terwin (1884–1962) was a German stage and film actress. In the theatre she appeared in works by the impresario Max Reinhardt. She appeared in around twenty films during the silent and sound eras.

She was married to the Albanian-born actor Alessandro Moissi.

Selected filmography

Laugh Bajazzo (1915)

Cain (1918)

The Spies (1919)

A Thousand for One Night (1933)

Harvest (1936)

Flowers from Nice (1936)

Premiere (1937)

References

Bibliography

J. L. Styan. Max Reinhardt. CUP Archive, 1982.

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The public source identifies “Johanna Terwin” as german actress (1884-1962). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Johanna, Terwin and German.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1884, 1962, 1915, 1918—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1884-01-01, 1884-03-18—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Johanna, Terwin and German providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q98600. VIAF identifies the subject as 45072274. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1884, 1962, 1915 and 1918.

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This entry incorporates text from “Johanna Terwin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.