Erich Ponto
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Born in Lübeck to a textile-merchant family, he grew up in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, finished secondary school in Altona and began pharmacy studies at Munich’s Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, even attending lectures by Nobel physicist Wilhelm Röntgen. A brief pharmacy career gave way to acting lessons, leading to his stage debut at Stadttheater Passau in 1908 and a long tenure with the Hoftheater Dresde…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
