Austrian stage and film actor. Spira appeared in more than 60 films from 1910 to 1935. Spira was Jewish, and at the start of World War II he fled Nazi-occupied Poland for Austria, from which he then attempted to flee when it too was annexed as a part of Germany under the Third Reich, but he was apprehended by the Nazis and ultimately died in a concentration camp--KZ Ruma--in what was then Yugoslavia. He was married to German actress Charlotte Andresen; both of their daughters, Camilla and Steffie, became singers and actresses.
Austrian stage and film actor. Spira appeared in more than 60 films from 1910 to 1935. Spira was Jewish, and at the start of World War II he fled Nazi-occupied Poland for Austria, from which he then attempted to flee when it too was annexed as a part of Germany under the Third Reich, but he was apprehended by the Nazis and ultimately died in a concentration camp--KZ Ruma--in what was then Yugoslavia. He was married to German actress Charlotte Andresen; both of their daughters, Camilla and Steffie, became singers and actresses.
Bio by: Rudi Polt
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