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Herta Ware (Herta Ware Schwartz) was born on 9 June, 1917 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, is an actress. Discover Herta Ware's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

Popular As Herta Ware Schwartz
Occupation actress
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 9 June 1917
Birthday 9 June
Birthplace Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Date of death 15 August, 2005
Died Place Topanga, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Herta Ware Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Herta Ware's Husband?

Her husband is David Marshall (18 November 1954 - 11 April 1978) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Will Geer (14 October 1938 - 1954) ( divorced) ( 3 children)

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Husband David Marshall (18 November 1954 - 11 April 1978) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Will Geer (14 October 1938 - 1954) ( divorced) ( 3 children)
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Herta Ware Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Herta Ware worth at the age of 88 years old? Herta Ware’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Herta Ware's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

1900

Her maternal grandfather was a union activist who joined the Socialist Party in America during the early 1900s, her maternal grandmother was labor organizer and socialist Ella Reeve Bloor, and her uncle was activist Harold Ware. . A guitarist and folk singer in the Washington D. C.

1917

The meek, gamin, child-like aura and unassuming tiny frame of this veteran character lady belied a surprising survivor instinct and strong, liberal fortitude. Herta Ware Schwartz was born on June 9, 1917 in Wilmington, Delaware, to Helen (Ware), a musician and violin teacher, and Laszlo Schwartz, an actor. Her father was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant from Budapest, and her mother, a violinist was a many-generations American of colonial stock.

1930

area, she moved to New York City and began acting in the early 1930s.

1935

She made her Broadway debut in the 1935 leftist play "Let Freedom Ring" co-starring future husband Will Geer, whom she married in 1938.

1936

The couple appeared together in other New York plays as well, including "Bury the Dead" (1936), "Prelude" (1936), "200 Were Chosen" (1936) and "Journeyman (1938).

1940

The politically-minded couple relocated to Los Angeles in the early 1940s and settled in Santa Monica where Geer pursued a movie career. The couple had three children -- all future actors Kate Geer, Ellen Geer and Thad Geer.

1951

In 1951, the passionately liberal Geer was blacklisted by Hollywood during the McCarthy era for taking the Fifth Amendment and refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Financially strapped and with his film career destroyed, they eventually lost their Los Angeles home. Herta fortunately had bought five acres of land in Topanga Canyon in preparation for the fallout of their political activism. Thanks to Geer's degree in botany, the couple was adept in cultivating their land and subsisted by selling vegetables, fruit, and herbs. Years later, Geer and Ware co-founded the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum on their Topanga Canyon property. The theater became an outdoor performance space for politically-targeted writers, singers and actors to continue to hone and indulge their creative skills. Outspoken friends and performers such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger frequently came to their aid and often promoted/performed in their outside productions.

1954

Although Will and Herta divorced back in 1954, the two remained steadfast friends personally and professionally.

Herta remarried near the end of 1954.

1970

In the 1970's, the veteran actress had a surprising career resurgence and made her on-camera debut in the film The Memory of Us (1974) that starred ex-husband Will and daughter Ellen.

1973

The burgeoning theater officially opened as a summer theater in 1973.

1978

She was, in fact, at Geer's bedside when he passed away of a respiratory ailment in 1978. After his death, Ware, her family, and a small troupe of dedicated actors tirelessly dedicated their energies to transforming the Theatricum into a professional repertory theatre, with educational programs and musical events incorporated into its programs. The theatre's artistic directorship was turned over to actress/daughter Ellen Geer.

She and actor/singer David Marshall had one child, actress Melora Marshall, before divorcing in 1978.

1980

A sprinkling of silver-haired, sweet old lady characters followed, including those in The Black Marble (1980), Dr. Heckyl and Mr.

Hype (1980), 2010 (1984), Slam Dance (1987), Promised Land (1987), Dirty Laundry (1987), Critters 2 (1988), Dakota (1988), Soapdish (1991), Lonely Hearts (1991), Top Dog (1995), Species (1995), St.

1985

Her best remembered role was as the altruistic wife of grouchy oldster Jack Gilford in the popular senior citizen film Cocoon (1985), directed by Ron Howard, and its sequel, Cocoon: The Return (1988), directed by Daniel Petrie. Herta also moved into TV roles. Among those credits, she played Capt.

1987

Jean Luc Picard's mother in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), as well as appearing on such established programs as "Knot's Landing," "Highway to Heaven," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," "Amazing Stories," "Beauty and the Beast," "Cagney & Lacey," "The Golden Girls," " The Munsters Today" and "Tracy Takes On. . . .

1995

Herta's daughter, Melora Marshall, portrayed her in a 1995 production at the Theatricum Botanicum entitled "And the Dark Cloud Came," the Geer's personal story of the McCarthy blacklisting and its effects. Herta played her own grandmother, labor activist Ella Reeve Bloor, in the family epic, and another daughter Ellen Geer co-directed the production.

1997

Patrick's Day (1997), Practical Magic (1998), The Politics of Desire (1998), Cruel Intentions (1999), Held Up (1999), Beautiful (2000), and Desperate But Not Serious (2000).

2000

"The veteran actress published her own memoir "Fantastic Journey, My Life with Will Geer" in 2000 and continued performing for a time at the Botanicum as the "Matriarch of the Topanga Community. " Many of her children and grandchildren have gone on to becoming steady performers at the Botanicum.