Xena Longenová
Czech actress
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Xena Longenová (3 August 1891 – 23 May 1928), born Polyxena Marková, was a Czechoslovak actress, best known on the Prague stage. She also made one silent film, Prach a broky (1926).
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| Born | 3 August 1891 |
| Died | 23 May 1928 (aged 36) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Emil Artur Longen |
Early life
Polyxena Marková was born in Strakonice, the daughter of actor Antonín Marek (1862–1938), and the sister of actors Vladimir and Adolf Marek.
Career
Longenová was a popular stage actress, often appearing with her actor husband in Prague cabarets, but also in Paris, Berlin, Brno, and Ljubljana.[1][2] She created the lead role in her husband's adaptation of Egon Erwin Kisch's The Ascension of Tonka Šibenice.[3] She appeared in one silent film, a comedy, Prach a broky (1926, now lost).[4]
Personal life
She married writer, artist, and actor Emil Artur Longen (born Emil Pitterman) in 1910.[5][6] Longenová, unhappy in her marriage and using cocaine and morphine, died by suicide in 1928, aged 36 years, in Prague.[6] Her niece was actress Heda Marková.
E. A. Longen wrote a novel based on his wife's story, The Actress. Franta Sauer wrote a biography of the Longens, Emil Artur Longen a Xena (1936).[7][8]
