1897-01-31 ( 128 years old ) in Berlin, Germany
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.
Movies
Die Puppe
1990-01-01
Der Stern von Valencia
1933-07-04
The chaste Joseph
1930-09-19
Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
1929-07-11
Die vierte von rechts
1929-02-04
Sir or Madame
1928-11-13
Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso
1928-03-16
Frühere Verhältnisse
1927-06-15
A Crazy Night
1927-01-21
Schatz, mach' Kasse
1926-11-25
Gräfin Plättmamsell
1926-11-25
Die Kleine vom Varieté
1926-10-25
Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
1926-04-16
Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
1926-02-19
The Girl with a Patron
1925-12-21
Express Train of Love
1925-05-06
Niniche
1925-02-13
Colibri
1924-03-01
Das Mädel mit der Maske
1922-02-24
Amor am Steuer
1921-10-07
Kakadu und Kiebitz
1920-06-26
Hundemamachen
1920-02-13
The Housing Shortage
1920-02-06
The Doll
1919-12-05
The Oyster Princess
1919-06-26
The Swabian Maiden
1919-02-21
My Wife, the Movie Star
1919-01-24
Meyer from Berlin
1919-01-17
I Don't Want to Be a Man
1918-10-01
The Ballet Girl
1918-06-06
The Toboggan Cavalier
1918-03-01
Prinz Sami
1918-01-01
The Merry Jail
1917-11-30
When Four Do the Same
1917-11-16
Ossis Tagebuch
1917-10-05
A Night of Horror
1917-02-09
The Tenor, Inc.
1916-12-22
Der Hilferuf
1916-07-01
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
1916-06-09
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