Ellen Richter
Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß; 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish[1] film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to create her films.[2] She worked primarily in Germany and was one of the foremost actresses of Weimar cinema.
Richer c. 1918
Ellen Richter | |
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 Richter in a 1920s photo | |
| Born | Käthe Weiß 21 July 1891 |
| Died | 11 September 1969 (aged 78) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
| Years active | 1915–1933 |
| Spouse | |
Selected filmography
- The Spy (1917)
- The Flyer from Goerz (1918)
- The Monastery of Sendomir (1919)
- The Toy of the Tsarina (1919)
- Superstition (1919)
- The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers (1919)
- Die Tochter des Mehemed (1919)
- Out of the Depths (1919)
- The Love of a Thief (1920)
- The Last Kolczaks (1920)
- Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman (1920)
- Princess Woronzoff (1920)
- Mary Tudor (1920)
- The White Death (1921)
- The Adventuress of Monte Carlo (1921)
- The Riddle of the Sphinx (1921)
- Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922)
- The Woman Worth Millions (1923)
- The Great Unknown (1924)
- Flight Around the World (1925)
- Shadows of the Metropolis (1925)
- The Great Duchess (1926)
- Maytime (1926)
- Heads Up, Charley (1927)
- The Imaginary Baron (1927)
- The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin (1927)
- The Lady with the Tiger Skin (1927)
- Immorality (1928)
- Moral (1928)
- Police Spy 77 (1930)
- The Woman Without Nerves (1930)
- The Adventurer of Tunis (1931)
- Madame Pompadour (1931)
- The Secret of Johann Orth (1932)
- Manolescu, Prince of Thieves (1933)
References
- Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213
- Rogowski p.128
Bibliography
- Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
- Rogowski, Christian. The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. Camden House, 2010.
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