Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 31, 1897
Died
Mar 07, 1947
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Credits
44 titles
Ossi Oswalda
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.
Known For
Filmography
Die Puppe
Čtrnáctý u stolu
Story
Der Stern von Valencia
Rita
The chaste Joseph
Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
Die vierte von rechts
Sir or Madame
Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso
Es zogen drei Burschen
Frühere Verhältnisse
Pepi
The Girl on a Swing
A Crazy Night
Margot Olschinsky
Schatz, mach' Kasse
Ossi
Gräfin Plättmamsell
Die Kleine vom Varieté
Rositta, die Kleine vom Varieté
Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
Daisy Cuffler
The Girl with a Patron
Express Train of Love
Kitty
Niniche
Niniche
Ein Weihnachtsfilm für Große
Colibri
Colibri
Das Mädel mit der Maske
Hothilde van Erlenkamp
Amor am Steuer
Kakadu und Kiebitz
Ossi Schönbeck
Hundemamachen
Ossi
The Housing Shortage
Frau
Amsterdam Artists from the Film 'Housing Shortage' on a Trip to Volendam
Herself
The Doll
Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll
The Oyster Princess
Ossi, his daughter
The Swabian Maiden
Lorle Schmied
My Wife, the Movie Star
Ossi, der Filmstar der Fabrik
Meyer from Berlin
I Don't Want to Be a Man
Ossi
The Ballet Girl
Ossi, eine junge Tänzerin
The Toboggan Cavalier
Ossi Hannemann
Prinz Sami
Herzogin Maria
The Merry Jail
When Four Do the Same
Segetoffs Tochter
Ossis Tagebuch
Ossi
A Night of Horror
The Tenor, Inc.
Sallys Cousin
Der Hilferuf
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Apprentice