Xena Longenová

Xena Longenová (3 August 1891 – 23 May 1928), born Polyxena Marková, was a Czechoslovak actress, best known on the Prague stage. She also made one silent film, Prach a broky (1926).

Xena Longenová
Born3 August 1891
Strakonice
Died23 May 1928
Prague
NationalityCzech
OccupationActress
SpouseEmil Artur Longen

Early life

Polyxena Marková was born in Strakonice, the daughter of actor Antonín Marek (1862-1938), and the sister of actors Vladimir and Adolf Marek.

Career

Longenová was a popular stage actress, often appearing with her actor husband in Prague cabarets, but also in Paris, Berlin, Brno, and Ljubljana.[1][2] She created the lead role in her husband's adaptation of Egon Erwin Kisch's The Ascension of Tonka Šibenice.[3] She appeared in one silent film, a comedy, Prach a broky (1926, now lost).[4]

Personal life

She married writer, artist, and actor Emil Artur Longen (born Emil Pitterman) in 1910.[5][6] Longenová, unhappy in her marriage and using cocaine and morphine, died by suicide in 1928, aged 36 years, in Prague.[6] Her niece was actress Heda Marková.

E. A. Longen wrote a novel based on his wife's story, The Actress. Franta Sauer wrote a biography of the Longens, Emil Artur Longen a Xena (1936).[7][8]

References
  1. Grafl, Franz (2017-05-15). Imaginiertes Österreich: Erzählung und Diskurs im internationalen Film (in German). Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 100. ISBN 978-3-205-20397-1.
  2. Jaroslav, Pánek; Oldřich, Tůma (2019-04-15). A History of the Czech Lands. Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. p. 405. ISBN 978-80-246-2227-9.
  3. "Prostitutky v české literatuře". Dvojka (in Czech). 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  4. "Prach a broky (1926)", IMDB, retrieved 2019-12-20
  5. "Badatelna.eu | Literární archiv Památníku národního písemnictví - Longen Emil Artur". www.badatelna.eu. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  6. s.r.o. "Pittermann–Longen Artur Emil (Pardubice 1885 – Benešov 1936)". Galerie Kroupa. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  7. "Artur a Xena". radkopytlik.sweb.cz. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  8. "Franta Sauer, Stanislav Klika - Emil Artur Longen a Xena". Spálená 53. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
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