Vera Hartegg (28 May 1902 – 1 October 1981) was a German writer and stage and film actress.^[1] She was the daughter of the famous writer, diplomat, secret councilor and impostor Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg and his long-time mistress, actress Elvira Weiss (stage name Ella Kobold).^[2] The fact that she was Hesse-Wartegg's only child was only revealed through intensive research by a journalist in 2012.^[3] Hartegg hadn't mentioned her parents' names in her autobiography, which was a bestseller in Germany during the 1960s and 1970s with numerous editions.

Selected filmography

• All Because of the Dog (1935)
• By a Silken Thread (1938)
• The Woman at the Crossroads (1938)
• A Woman Like You (1939)
• Liberated Hands (1939)
• The Fire Devil (1940)
• Wunschkonzert (1940)

Books

• Es ist nicht gelogen. Der Roman einer Schauspielerin. ("It is Not a Lie. An Actress' Novel.") Berlin 1938. Autobiographical Novel.
• Warum. ("Why.") Berlin 1940. Novel
• Oriane. Berlin 1941. Novel
• Ein Glücksrad dreht sich in Paris. ("A Wheel of Fortune Spins in Paris." Comedy in three acts, stage work) 1953. TV-movie 1958.
• Drei Väter und ich armes Kind. ("Three Fathers and me Poor Child") Munich 1961. (Autobiography pt. 1)
• Vornehmstes Haus am Platze. Lulus Memoiren. ("Most Noble House in the Llace. Lulu's Memoir.") München 1964. (Autobiography pt. 2)
• Kleine Formen. ("Small Forms." Poems) Berlin 1974.