Barbara Hoffe

English stage and screen actress Barbara Hoffe born in England in around 1897. She became a well-known drama and comedy stage actress from the early 1910's. She starred in at least 6 movies under her real name Barbara Conrad under the direction of Wilfred Noy at the Clarendon Film Co between 1915-17, making her debut in a crime/drama 'The Verdict of the Heart' with Harry Welchman, her last film at Clarendon studios was 'The Lost Chord' in 1917. In 1920 she starred in her first film under the name of Barbara Hoffe in 'Five Pound Reward' a comedy directed by Adrian Brunel and co-starring a young Leslie Howard at the Minerva Film Co. Her most notable roles in 'Eugene Aram' in 1924 and in her last silent film 'Lieutenant Daring RN and the Water Rats' with Percy Moran in 1924. Barbara made a comeback in her only talkie in 1931 'The Woman Decides' directed by Miles Mander and starred Owen Nares at BIP studios. In a magazine interview in 1927 Barbara Hoffe confessing rather bizarrely that her favourite meal was mushroom omelette, also revealed that her favourite hobby was collecting 'first editions cheaply. In Australia in 1931 Barbara Hoffe was awarded £500 damages against Gordon Harbord, the theatrical producer for breach of contract. Miss Hoffe played the leading role in 'The Command to Love' at the Arts Club Theatre, but Yvonne Arnaud was substituted when the play was produced and ran at Daly's Theatre.