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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Die Puppe
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1990
Der Stern von Valencia
Character:Rita
Release Date:04/07/1933
The chaste Joseph
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Release Date:19/09/1930
Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
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Release Date:11/07/1929
Die vierte von rechts
Character:
Release Date:04/02/1929
Sir or Madame
Character:
Release Date:13/11/1928
Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso
Character:
Release Date:16/03/1928
Frühere Verhältnisse
Character:Pepi
Release Date:15/06/1927
The Girl on a Swing
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Release Date:09/06/1927
A Crazy Night
Character:Margot Olschinsky
Release Date:21/01/1927
Schatz, mach' Kasse
Character:Ossi
Release Date:25/11/1926
Gräfin Plättmamsell
Character:
Release Date:25/11/1926
Die Kleine vom Varieté
Character:Rositta, die Kleine vom Varieté
Release Date:25/10/1926
Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
Character:
Release Date:16/04/1926
Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
Character:Daisy Cuffler
Release Date:19/02/1926
The Girl with a Patron
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Release Date:21/12/1925
Express Train of Love
Character:Kitty
Release Date:06/05/1925
Niniche
Character:Niniche
Release Date:13/02/1925
Ein Weihnachtsfilm für Große
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Release Date:16/12/1924
Colibri
Character:Colibri
Release Date:01/03/1924
Das Mädel mit der Maske
Character:Hothilde van Erlenkamp
Release Date:24/02/1922
Amor am Steuer
Character:
Release Date:07/10/1921
Kakadu und Kiebitz
Character:Ossi Schönbeck
Release Date:26/06/1920
Hundemamachen
Character:Ossi
Release Date:13/02/1920
The Housing Shortage
Character:Frau
Release Date:06/02/1920
Amsterdam Artists from the Film 'Housing Shortage' on a Trip to Volendam
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/01/1920
The Doll
Character:Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll
Release Date:05/12/1919
The Oyster Princess
Character:Ossi, his daughter
Release Date:26/06/1919
The Swabian Maiden
Character:Lorle Schmied
Release Date:21/02/1919
My Wife, the Movie Star
Character:Ossi, der Filmstar der Fabrik
Release Date:24/01/1919
Meyer from Berlin
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Release Date:17/01/1919
I Don't Want to Be a Man
Character:Ossi
Release Date:01/10/1918
The Ballet Girl
Character:Ossi, eine junge Tänzerin
Release Date:06/06/1918
The Toboggan Cavalier
Character:Ossi Hannemann
Release Date:01/03/1918
Prinz Sami
Character:Herzogin Maria
Release Date:01/01/1918
The Merry Jail
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Release Date:30/11/1917
When Four Do the Same
Character:Segetoffs Tochter
Release Date:16/11/1917
Ossis Tagebuch
Character:Ossi
Release Date:05/10/1917
A Night of Horror
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Release Date:09/02/1917
The Tenor, Inc.
Character:Sallys Cousin
Release Date:22/12/1916
Der Hilferuf
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Release Date:01/07/1916
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Character:Apprentice
Release Date:09/06/1916
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