Ida Wüst

Biography

Ida Wüst (1884–1958) was a renowned German stage and film actress active in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG. At 16, she began her acting career at Colmar's StadtTheatre, later joining Berlin's Lessing-Theater ensemble, where she performed in roles including Hosenrollen and comedies. Wüst befriended and collaborated with actor Bruno Kastner, to whom she was married from 1918 until their divorce in 1924.