The actress and singer Dorothea Gerson used the stage name of Dora Gerson. She was trained at the Max Reinhardt-schule for drama and the Volksbühne (‘People’s Theatre’) in Berlin. She was soon noticed and acquired a reputation with the Holtor Tournee Truppe in the same city. She acted in two feature films, led what was described as ‘rather a wild life’ and married Veit Harlan, a director who would…