| Olga Wohlbrück | |
| Birth Place: | Gainfarn, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Berlin, Nazi Germany |
| Occupation: | Actress, director, writer |
| Spouse: | Maximilian Bern (divorced) Leo Feld (divorced) Waldemar Wendland |
| Relatives: | Anton Walbrook (cousin) |
Olga Wohlbrück (5 July 1867 – 20 July 1933) was an Austrian-German actress, director, and writer. She is considered the first female director in Germany.[1]
Olga Wohlbrück was born in Austria in 1867 to Max and Olga Wohlbrück; her parents both came from acting families. She spent much of her childhood in Russia before moving to Germany and studying acting from her maternal grandmother.
She established a flourishing literary career for herself, producing novels, short stories, and plays while continuing to work as an actress in Berlin. In 1913, with the release of To Give a Girl Away (Ein Mädchen zu Verschenken), she became Germany's first female director.[2] She wrote other scripts over the years, but that was her sole directorial effort.
She was married three times: first to writer Maximilian Bern, second to author Leo Feld, and third to composer Waldemar Wendland,[3] and was related to Austrian actor Anton Walbrook (her second cousin).[4]