Ossi Oswalda

Known for ActingBorn 1897-01-31Died 1947-03-07Berlin, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Čtrnáctý u stolu

Die vierte von rechts

Frühere Verhältnisse

Niniche

Colibri

The Girl on a Swing

The Girl with a Patron

Der Hilferuf

Sir or Madame

A Crazy Night

Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer

Gräfin Plättmamsell

Kakadu und Kiebitz

Hundemamachen

The Doll

Der Stern von Valencia

Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée

Die Kleine vom Varieté

Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer

Schatz, mach' Kasse

Express Train of Love

Das Mädel mit der Maske

Amor am Steuer

The Swabian Maiden

My Wife, the Movie Star

The Oyster Princess

Meyer from Berlin

I Don't Want to Be a Man

The Merry Jail

A Night of Horror

Pinkus's Shoe Palace

Die Puppe

The chaste Joseph

Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso

Ein Weihnachtsfilm für Große

Amsterdam Artists from the Film 'Housing Shortage' on a Trip to Volendam

The Housing Shortage

Prinz Sami

The Ballet Girl

The Toboggan Cavalier

Ossis Tagebuch

When Four Do the Same

The Tenor, Inc.