Anecdotes

Mother of Steffi Spira and Camilla Spira.

Her husband Fritz Spira was murdered in a German Nazi Concentration Camp in 1943.

She had two daughters who became actresses too - Steffie and Camilla Spira. Because they were Half Jews their lives were in danger as well. Camilla Spira was arrested in a transit camp but Lotte Spira claimed that she was the daughter of a extra-martial affair and that her father was a Christian. So she was able to protect her from deportation.

Lotte Spira was married with the well-known actor Fritz Spira. Because he was a Jew the marriage was divorced by the pressure of the National Socialists. Fritz Spira fled but was arrested later and deported to a concentration camp where he was murdered.

She became a demanded support actress in the 30s and she appeared in front of the camera for numerous feature movies.

She entered the film business in 1923 with "Hallig Hooge" (1923).

She began her stage career in 1904 in Berlin where she had her first performance at the Lustspielhaus. It followed other engagements at different theaters in Berlin.

Her last cinematical works came in the wartime of the 40s into being with "Links der Isar - rechts der Spree" (1940), "Kora Terry" (1940), "Sechs Tage Heimaturlaub" (1941), "Zirkus Renz" (1943) and "Die Frau meiner Träume" (1944) which was released after her death.

When Lotte Spira learned about the death of her former husband she died shortly afterwards at the age of only 60.