Charlotte Schellhorn

With a delicate, fair presence, Charlotte Schellhorn was a German actress whose career spanned the late 1930s into the mid-1940s. She was born on 23 January 1922 and began acting around the age of fifteen. Over eight years, she appeared in thirteen films, establishing herself in German cinema before her life ended abruptly.

Schellhorn died on 23 January 1945, her 23rd birthday, by suicide. Her death came at a young age, cutting short a career that had shown promise. She was of Caucasian ethnicity and identified as straight. Her legacy remains tied to the films she made during a turbulent period in history.