Martha Ziegler (; 20 March 1899 – 2 December 1957) was a
German actress.
Life
Martha Ziegler was born in the
German Empire in Darmstadt on March 20, 1899. After completing her high school education, she attended drama school in
Frankfurt
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, and then found acting work in a series of roles over the years at
Berlin's Schiller Theater and in
Düsseldorf
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,
Hamburg
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, and
Frankfurt am Main
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.
In 1928, she was awarded legal protection against the
Landestheater Darmstadt.
By the time she was in her early 30s, she was steadily employed in Germany's movie business, making an average of three to four films per year. In 1930, she appeared in ''Abschied'', the first sound film produced by UFA (
Universum Film).
As a member of record of the Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnenangehöriger ("
Guild of the German Stage"), she automatically became a member of arts groups which were strongly tied to
Joseph Goebbels
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when the GDBA and similar organizations were forceably merged into the
Reichsfilmkammer under
Nazi Germany's nationalization of the film industry during the mid-1930s. In the lead-up to, and during, World War II, she then appeared in at least two films considered by historians to have been
Nazi propaganda films, including: ''
Frisians in Peril'' (released in 1935, re-released in 1941) and ''
Die vier Musketiere''.
[Giesen, Rolf. ]
Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography
' (1934). Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, United Kingdom: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003.
Selected filmography
* ''
Farewell
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Fil ...
'' (1930)
* ''
The Little Escapade'' (1931)
* ''
The Scoundrel'' (1931)
* ''
The Captain from Köpenick'' (1931)
* ''
The Wrong Husband
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Cast
* Johannes Riemann
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'' (1931)
* ''
I'll Stay with You'' (1931)
* ''
One Night with You'' (1932)
* ''
Eight Girls in a Boat'' (1932)
* ''
Sacred Waters'' (1932)
* ''
Things Are Getting Better Already'' (1932)
* ''
Hände aus dem Dunkel'' (1933)
* ''
There Is Only One Love'' (1933)
* ''
Little Girl, Great Fortune'' (1933)
* ''
Must We Get Divorced?'' (1933)
* ''
The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel'' (1933)
* ''
The Four Musketeers'' (1934)
* ''
Frisians in Peril'' (1935)
* ''
One Too Many on Board
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'' (1935)
* ''
Inkognito
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'' (1936)
* ''
Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine'' (1936)
* ''
Dissatisfied Woman
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'' (1936)
* ''
Carousel'' (1937)
* ''
The Girl at the Reception'' (1940)
* ''
The Waitress Anna'' (1941)
* ''
Das Mädchen Juanita
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Organizations
* Dame Allan's Schools, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
* Danish Aviation Systems, a supplier and developer of unmanned aerial vehicles
* Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, a former Colombian ...
'' (1945)
* ''
The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949)
Bibliography
*
References
External links
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1899 births
1957 deaths
German film actresses
Actors from Darmstadt
20th-century German actresses
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