TALENTED ACTRESS’ ESTATE

Taranaki Daily News, 18 July 1933, Page 2

TALENTED ACTRESS’ ESTATE

CREDITORS PAID IN FULL. Mr. Stanley Scott, the man who lifted the late Anny Ahlers, the talented young German actress, from obscurity in her own country and made her famous in London, made a passionate defence of her memory lately, when he denied a report that creditors had. seized her estate, leaving her parents penniless. . “My blood boiled,” said Mr. Scott, “when I read the report. Anny, never owed a penny to anybody. I am the only man in England who can defend her memory, and I mean to. When she died she had not a single creditor in the world. “The income tax authorities had a claim for £1250, but Anny was appealing for special allowances made to all theatrical people. She paid a substantial amount at the time and settled all demands in full shortly before her death. “It is true Anny was the bread winner for her parents, but they received roughly £2OOO on her death. She earned £350 a week for her work in ‘The Dubarry,’ and every Friday she sent her parents in Germany £3O. Friday was her settling day, and that day every tradesman was paid. “Wicked lies have been repeated about Anny’s mode of life. Actually she lived most carefully and paid cash for almost everything.” Miss Ahlers left estate of the gross value of £2999 with net personalty of £1155. Her solicitors state: “No steps of any kind have been taken by any creditor or tire income tax authorities to seize her bank deposits or interfere with any of the estate assets. There are no debts owing to tradespeople other than normal current ac» counts rendered since her death.” - r