Ossi Oswalda

Person Details

Birthday: 1897-02-02 23:18:32

Death: 1947-03-07 23:18:32

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Berlin, Germany

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Movie Involvements: 9

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

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