- German actress and operatic soprano of the 1930's, a favorite of the composer and conductor Otto Klemperer. She recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, HMV/Electrola, Ultraphon and Orchestrola and also acted in several films. Due to her Jewish background, she was unable to perform in Germany after 1933.
- She performed as a soprano singer at the Glyndebourne theater where she was very successful. Other performances followed at the Covent Garden and at the Adelphi Theater.
- Thanks to her popularity as a singer she was engaged for a film called "Zwei Herzen im Dreiviertel-Takt" (1930) for the first time.
- The actress and singer Irene Eisinger had great musical successes in the 30's and participated in several recordings.
- Finally her career was brought to an end by the National Socialists and she emigrated to Prague in 1933 and later went to England where she took part in her last movie "Young Man's Fancy" (1939).
- She belonged to the favorites of Otto Klemperer and took part in Kurt Weill's "Die Bürgschaft".
- She began her career in Basel in 1926, and from 1928 to 1932 she appeared in Berlin. It followed trips to Vienna and Salzburg.
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