Lya Ley (1899–1992) was an Austrian-born

film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

of the

silent era A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. She was built up into a star by the director

Franz Hofer Franz Hofer (November 27, 1902 – February 18, 1975) was an Austrian Nazi politician. He was Gauleiter (party leader) in Tyrol and Vorarlberg and, during the Third Reich, the most powerful figure in the region. Hofer dealt directly with A ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.204

Selected filmography

* '' Rose on the Heath'' (1916) * '' Der Verheiratete Junggeselle'' (1918) * '' Hängezöpfchen'' (1919) * '' Der Christus von Oberammergau'' (1921)

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1899 births 1992 deaths Austrian film actresses People from Opava Austrian emigrants to Germany {{Austria-actor-stub