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Ossi Oswalda

Picture Ossi Oswalda
Foto: Alexander Binder (1888-1929)

1897 - 1948

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The actress Ossi Oswalda was born as Oswalda Stäglich in Niederschönhausen.

After dancing lessons as a prima ballerina she came to the Berliner theater as a choir dancer. There she was spotted by Hanns Kräly who recommended her to Ernst Lubitsch.

Between 1916 and 1919 she normally worked for Ernst Lubitsch, but there were also other directors who knew how to put on her talent.
At the beginning of her career she appeared in movies like "Schuhpalast Pinkus" (16), "Leutnant auf Befehl" (16), "Ossi's Tagebuch" (17), "Wenn vier dasselbe tun" (17), "Das Mädel vom Ballett" (18) and "Die Austernprinzessin" (19).

With her arrogant and amusing appearance she became a darling of the public and she was soon called the German Mary Pickford.

She founded her own film company in 1921 and realised the movies "Amor am Steuer" (21), "Das Mädel mit der Maske" (22), "Der blinde Passagier" (22), "Das Milliardensouper" (23) and "Colibri" (24).
In 1925 she signed a contract with the Ufa and played in movies like "Das Mädchen mit der Protektion" (25), "Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer" (26), "Die Kleine vom Varieté" (26), "Das Mädel auf der Schaukel" (26) and "Eine tolle Nacht" (26).

The rise of the sound film meant the end of her film career. After many years she appeared again on stages for the first time, among others in "Der Graf von Luxemburg". In sound movies she only appeared two times, in the movies "Der keusche Josef" (30) and "Der Stern von Valencia" (33).

When the National Socialists seized the power in Germany she emigrated to Prague together with her life partner the Jew Julius Aubenberg.

The once celebrated star fell completely into oblivion in the last years of her life. She died totally impoverished in Prague.
 

Other movies with Ossi Oswalda:
Der Hilferuf (16) Der Tod auf Zeche Silva (16) Der G.m.b.H.-Tenor (16) Prinz Sami (17) Dem Licht entgegen (18) Der Rodelkavalier (18) Ich möchte kein Mann sein (18) Das Schwabemädle (18) Meine Frau, die Filmschauspielerin (18) Das Mädchen aus dem Wilden Westen (19) Das Millionenmädel (19) Die Puppe (19) Hundemamachen (19) Die Wohnungsnot (19) Kakadu und Kiebitz (20) Putschliesel (20) Ein Weihnachtsfilm für Grosse (24) Niniche (24) Blitzzug der Liebe (25) Herrn Filip Colins Abenteuer (25) Gräfin Plättmamsell (26) Schatz, mach' Kasse (26) Eine tolle Nacht (26) Florette e Patapon (27) Es zogen drei Burschen (27) Wochenendbraut (27) Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso (28) Die Vierte von rechts (28) Das Haus ohne Männer (28) Sir or Madam - Ossi hat die Hosen an (28) Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée (29)


 
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