Sybille Schmitz
Acting
Biography
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first attention from critics. Her other early movies include Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), Dreyer's Vampyr (1932), and eventually F.P.1 (1932), where she played her first leading role. Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in German cinema with the films which followed; including Der Herr der Welt (1934), Abschiedswalzer (1934), Ein idealer Gatte (1935), and Fährmann Maria (1936). She also had roles in Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1937), Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938), Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939), Trenck, der Pandur (1940) and Titanic (1943)
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Movies (41)
Dance with Death: The Ufa Star Sybille Schmitz2000Self (archive footage)- The House on the Coast1954Anna
Illusion in Moll1952Maria Alsbacher- Crown Jewels1950Eva Skeravenen
- Sensation im Savoy1950Vera Gordon
- Die Lüge1950Susanne Gruber
The Last Night1949Renée Meurier
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow1947Nelly Dreifuss- Life Calls1944Hella Warkentin
The Impostor1944Thea Varèn
Titanic1943Sigrid Olinsky
Vom Schicksal verweht1942Dr. Virginia Larsen- Wetterleuchten um Barbara1941Barbara Stammer
Clarissa1941Clarissa von Reckwitz
Trenck, der Pandur1940Prinzessin Deinartstein- Die fremde Frau1939
Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit1939Eva
Hotel Sacher1939Nadja Woroneff
Tanz auf dem Vulkan1938Gräfin Héloise Cambouilly
The Stars Shine1938Gast
Die Umwege des schönen Karl1938Lu Donon - Tochter
Signal in der Nacht1937Brigitte von Schachen
Die Kronzeugin1937Jelena Rakowska
The Unknown1936Madeleine- Die Leuchter des Kaisers1936Anna Demidow
Ferryman Maria1936Maria
I Was Jack Mortimer1935Winifred Montemayor- If It Were Not for Music1935Ilonka Badacz
- An Ideal Husband1935Gloria Cheveley
Stradivari1935Maria Belloni