Thea von Harbou
Thea Gabriele von Harbou was a German screenwriter, novelist, film director, and actress. She is remembered as the screenwriter of the science fiction film classic Metropolis (1927) and for the 1925 novel on which it was based. von Harbou collaborated as a screenwriter with film director Fritz Lang, her husband, during the period of transition from silent to sound films.
27 December 1888
Born on the same birth day (27 December): Andrejs Perepļotkins • Guthrie Govan • John I of Aragon • John Kampfner • Louis Pasteur • Mackenzie Bowell • Marianne Elliott • Marshall Sahlins • Maurice De Waele • Max Lindholm • Sollom Emlyn • StanisÅ‚aw Mieroszewski
Born in the same month (December 1888): Alexander I of Yugoslavia • Fred Merkle • Fritz Reiner • Gladys Cooper • J. Arthur Rank • Jean Bouin • Joyce Cary • Marius Canard • Yitzhak Baer