Eleanor and Karla Gutöhrlein

Eleanor Helene Emma Gutöhrlein (18 August 1909 – 7 June 1997) and Karola (Karla) Elisabet Charlotta Gutöhrlein (9 September 1910 – date of death unknown) were German-born sisters who danced and acted together in several 1930s films. They were sometimes billed as "The Sisters G".

The Sisters G - Eleanor and Karla Gutöhrlein - as seen in 1930's King of Jazz.

The sisters were born in Germany as Eleanor and Karla Knospe. Eleanor[1] and Karla[2] differed more than a year in age, but were often thought to be twins.[3] They were famous for performing together, for having bobbed haircuts, and for their dancing and acting skills.[4] They performed in several American films including King of Jazz (1930),[4][5] Recaptured Love (1930), and God's Gift to Women (1931).[1]

The sisters moved to Sweden. Eleanor married the bank director Gösta Lennart Brynolf and died on 7 June 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden.[1][6] Karla married Per Oskar Olof Åberg in 1936.[2] They had a daughter together on 18 April 1940 in Gothenburg, Sweden named Viveka Margareta Svea Persdotter Åberg.[7] Karla later remarried on 8 August 1946 in Adolf Fredrik Church to Karl Martin Lennart Lindeberg.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Eleanor Gutöhrlein at IMDb
  2. ^ a b Karla Gutöhrlein at IMDb
  3. ^ Trivia about Karla Gutöhrlein at IMDb.
  4. ^ a b Glamourdaze: The Sisters G – Mirror Image Beauties – June 1930 (accessed 17 February 2016)
  5. ^ American Film Institute: King of Jazz (accessed 17 February 2016)
  6. ^ Brynolf, Gösta L. in the Swedish 1965 Who's Who.
  7. ^ "Sign up". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  8. ^ "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2021-12-26.