As per our current Database, Viola Essen has been died on 16 January, 1970 at 1970.
When Viola Essen die, Viola Essen was 45 years old.
| Popular As | Viola Essen |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | 45 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 11, 1925 (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) |
| Birthday | August 11 |
| Town/City | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Viola Essen’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Viola Essen was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
Viola Essen became living proof that stardom in ballet does not generate equal success on screen. Signed by Republic boss Herbert J. Yates on the strength of her dance pantomime in the short-lived Broadway musical 'Hollywood Pinafore', the diminutive twenty-one year old ballerina was cast in one of the studio's biggest-ever productions, Specter of the Rose (1946).
The picture was launched amidst an extensive publicity campaign with ads in most of the major periodicals, including 'Life', 'Cue' and 'Look' , and it was written, directed and produced by the prodigious academy award winner Ben Hecht.
Unfortunately, the tale of 'dark terror and strange love' failed to generate box office in spite of moderate critical plaudits for being offbeat. The New York Times Review (September 2,1946) more scathingly urged Hecht "having satisfied his unconventional soul" to return to "writing the kind of conventional film he dislikes doing but does so with such resourcefulness that everyone else has a good time".
Viola returned to the Ballet Theatre and later appeared on Broadway in 'Along Fifth Avenue' (1949), starring Jackie Gleason. She married actor Gabriel Dell of 'Dead End Kids' fame, sometime in the early 1950's.
Professionally, she was destined never to appear on the big screen again and in her later life suffered financial hardship. She died in 1970, aged just 44.
