Biography
The daughter of a German father and Spanish mother, she studied medicine for one semester and trained in an Italian acrobat troupe. Until 1916 she lived mostly in Italy and performed there in stage sketches. In 1916 she came to Germany and was discovered by Swedish film actor and director Nils Olaf Chrisander. She was presented as a heroine in thrillers, dramas, and melodramas that were staged by Harry Piel at the end of the First World War. She designed many of her own costumes. In 1924 she married the set designer Franz Schroedter and retired from films.
Filmography
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Der Frauenkönig
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MOVIE • 1923
Das neue Paradies
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MOVIE • 1921
Die Diktatur der Liebe. 2. Die Welt ohne Liebe
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MOVIE • 1921
Die Diktatur der Liebe. 1. Die böse Lust
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MOVIE • 1921
Wenn Colombine winkt
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MOVIE • 1920
Der Schrei des Gewissens
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MOVIE • 1920
The Vampire
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MOVIE • 1920
Women Who Shouldn't Get Married
Character: Ada Haller
MOVIE • 1919
Die von der Liebe leben
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MOVIE • 1919
Ich klage an
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MOVIE • 1919
Ikarus, the Flying Man
Character: Clemence de Montignon
MOVIE • 1918
Das Gift der Odawara
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MOVIE • 1918
Die sprechende Hand
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MOVIE • 1918
Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches
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MOVIE • 1918
Der stumme Zeuge
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MOVIE • 1917
Zur Strecke gebracht
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MOVIE • 1917
Die Peitsche
Character: Bert
MOVIE • 1916