Osa Massen (born Aase Madsen) was a newspaper photographer with an ambition to become a film editor. Prolific Danish film director 'Alice O'Fredericks' gave her a role in her film Kidnapped (1935/I). After only two films in Denmark, she was given a screen test by 20th Century Fox and arrived in Hollywood in 1936. As of 2004, Osa Madsen Vogel lives in a suburb of the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
Because she was often confused with Ilona Massey and Ona Munson , she changed her stage name to "Stefanie Paull" for one movie, but reverted back to Osa Massen for her next film.Married three times, her last husband was a dentist (divorced).Played femme fatales and other ladies with secrets in war-era Hollywood.Was once a newspaper photographer.After retiring from the screen, she served on the foreign film selection committee for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.She met second husband Dr. Harvey Cummins while volunteering for the Red Cross. He was involved in army medical work. They married in 1947 but he died only 3 1/2 years later.Her expert multi-lingual skills had her sidelining as a dialect coach throughout much of her career. She worked with John Wayne on his Swedish accent and Thomas Mitchell on his Irish in The Long Voyage Home (1940).Ex-sister-in-law of Jean Hersholt Jr. .Ex-daughter-in-law of Jean Hersholt .
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