Bina Rothschild
Bina Rothschild | |
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Born | Katharina Eleonore Veronika Irma Luise Henckel von Donnersmarck 8 February 1902 Berlin, German Empire |
Died | 6 October 1965 |
Noble family | Henckel von Donnersmarck (by birth) Rothschild (by marriage) |
Spouse(s) | Baron Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild |
Issue | Baron Patrick von Goldschmidt-Rothschild |
Father | Count Lazarus Henckel von Donnersmarck |
Mother | Countess Vera von Kanitz |
Occupation | actress |
Baroness Veronika von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, also known as Bina Rothschild and Veronika Rothschild, (née; Countess Katharina Eleonore Veronika Irma Luise Henckel von Donnersmarck; 8 February 1902 – 6 October 1965) was a German aristocrat and actress known for playing the Queen of Transylvania in the 1964 musical film My Fair Lady.
Biography[]
Rothschild was born Countess Katharina Eleonore Veronika Irma Luise Henckel von Donnersmarck on 8 February 1902 in Berlin to Count Lazarus Herbert Patrik Valentin Henckel von Donnersmarck and Countess Vera Maria Elisabeth Marequita Maximiliane Charlotte Luise von Kanitz.[1][2] She was a member of the Henckel von Donnersmarck family, an Austro-German noble family that originated in modern-day Slovakia.[3] Her maternal grandfather, Count Georg von Kanitz, was a prominent statesman in the German Empire.[citation needed]
In 1925, she married Baron Erich Max Benedikt von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, the son of Baron Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild and Baroness Minna Karoline von Rothschild.[4][5] Her husband was a member of the Goldschmidt and Rothschild banking dynasties.[4] She gave birth to a son, Baron Patrick Maximilien Goldschmidt-Rothschild, in 1928.[6]
Rothschild played the role of the Queen of Transylvania in the 1964 Lerner and Loewe musical film My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion.[7] She was not trained as an actress, and was considered by Cecil Beaton, an artistic director for the film, to be the only non-actress suitable to play the role, stating that she had "impeccable deportment and breeding."[8]
George Cukor, who directed the film, helped her prepare for the role.[9] Beaton had originally wanted Cukor to cast Fritzi Massary for the role, but she demanded too much pay.[10] The part then went to Rothschild, who was costumed with a triple-pronged tiara and three-tiered diamond necklace designed by Beaton.[10]
She died on 6 October 1965, aged 63.[where?][citation needed]
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- ^ a b Pepper, Terence; Beaton, Cecil; Conrad, Peter; Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy; Britain), National Portrait Gallery (Great; Allemagne), Kunstmuseum (Wolfsburg (January 1, 2004). Beaton Portraits. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300102895 – via Google Books.
- 1902 births
- 1965 deaths
- Actresses from Berlin
- Austrian countesses
- German film actresses
- German countesses
- German baronesses
- Goldsmith family
- Henckel von Donnersmack
- Rothschild family