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Ossi Oswalda
Berlin, Germany
Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1897 – 7 March 1947) was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films. She was given the nickname 'The German…
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Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1897 – 7 March 1947) was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films. She was given the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford' due to her popularity at the time. Oswalda trained as a ballerina and became a dancer for a theater in Berlin. She made her film debut in Richard Oswald's Nächte des Grauens (Night of Horrors) before being discovered by the actor and screenwriter Hanns Kräly, who in turn recommended her to director Ernst Lubitsch. During her early career, she starred in several films by Lubitsch, including The Merry Jail, I Don't Want to Be a Man, The Oyster Princess and The Doll. Her popularity at the time earned her the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford'. In 1921, Oswalda started her own film production company with her husband at the time, the Hungarian Baron Gustav Wilhelm Viktor Freiherr von Koczian-Miskolczy (1877–1958). However, during the next four years they only produced four films, all starring Oswalda. From 1925 on, she was contracted to Ufa. The couple divorced in 1925, and Oswalda began a high profile affair with Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Oswalda's career waned along with the silent film era, and she only acted in two sound films, making her final appearance on screen in the 1933 film The Star of Valencia. She escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to Prague with her partner Julius Aubenberg in the 1930s. Later on, she became a stage actor, and in 1943, wrote the screenplay for the Czechoslovakian film Čtrnáctý u stolu. By spring 1947, Oswalda went bankrupt and was suffering from multiple health problems. Oswalda died penniless in Prague at the age of 50. She is buried at Olsany Cemetery.
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1990
Die Puppe
Movie
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1943
Čtrnáctý u stolu
Movie Story
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1933
Der Stern von Valencia
Movie Rita
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1930
The chaste Joseph
Movie
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1929
Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
Movie
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1929
Die vierte von rechts
Movie
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1928
Sir or Madame
Movie
- 1928
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1928
Es zogen drei Burschen
Movie
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1927
Frühere Verhältnisse
Movie Pepi
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1927
The Girl on a Swing
Movie
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1927
A Crazy Night
Movie Margot Olschinsky
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1926
Schatz, mach' Kasse
Movie Ossi
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1926
Gräfin Plättmamsell
Movie
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1926
Die Kleine vom Varieté
Movie Rositta, die Kleine vom Varieté
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1926
Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
Movie
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1926
Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
Movie Daisy Cuffler
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1925
The Girl with a Patron
Movie
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1925
Express Train of Love
Movie Kitty
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1925
Niniche
Movie Niniche
- 1924
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1924
Colibri
Movie Colibri
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1922
Das Mädel mit der Maske
Movie Hothilde van Erlenkamp
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1921
Amor am Steuer
Movie
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1920
Kakadu und Kiebitz
Movie Ossi Schönbeck
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1920
Hundemamachen
Movie Ossi
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1920
The Housing Shortage
Movie Frau
- 1920
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1919
The Doll
Movie Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll
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1919
The Oyster Princess
Movie Ossi, his daughter
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1919
The Swabian Maiden
Movie Lorle Schmied
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1919
My Wife, the Movie Star
Movie Ossi, der Filmstar der Fabrik
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1919
Meyer from Berlin
Movie
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1918
I Don't Want to Be a Man
Movie Ossi
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1918
The Ballet Girl
Movie Ossi, eine junge Tänzerin
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1918
The Toboggan Cavalier
Movie Ossi Hannemann
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1918
Prinz Sami
Movie Herzogin Maria
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1917
The Merry Jail
Movie
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1917
When Four Do the Same
Movie Segetoffs Tochter
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1917
Ossis Tagebuch
Movie Ossi
