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- Birth nameHedwig Baum
- Vicki Baum was born on January 24, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was a writer, known for Week-End at the Waldorf (1945), Grand Hotel (1932) and The Great Flamarion (1945). She was married to Richard Lert and Max Prels. She died on August 29, 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- SpousesRichard Lert(1916 - August 29, 1960) (her death, 2 children)Max Prels(1908 - 1910) (divorced)
- Viennese author of some fifty novels. Emigrated to the U.S., became an American citizen and enjoyed her greatest success with "Grand Hotel" (1930), filmed by MGM in 1932.
- Played harp with the symphony orchestra of the Vienna Conservatory, 1904-10. Played harp for the Hoftheater in Darmstadt, 1912-16.
- Began her writing career worked as a journalist for the 'Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung'.
- Took up boxing in the late 1920s.
- Marriage always demands the finest arts of insincerity possible between two human beings.
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