Biography

The 30s represented a negative turning point in her private life. First her Jewish life partner and director Leo Reuss had to emigrate and in 1938 Agnes Straub sustained a serious car accident which ended her acting career from one day to the next. Only three years later she died of the late effect of the accident.

In Berlin she became established as a stage actress in no time and she became very popular. She appeared at the most important theaters in Berlin in those years. It didn't last long till Agnes Straub was also engaged for the silent film.

The actress Agnes Straub already made first theater experiences as a child and she deepened her passion by taking acting lessons.

During the sound film era of the 30s she only appeared occasionally in front of the camera but was still very busy on the stage, among others at her own founded "Agnes Straub-Theater".

She made her professional stage debut in 1908 and in the next years followed engagements in Bonn, Vienna and Berlin.