Betty Schade (born Frida Feddersen; March 27, 1895 – March 27, 1982) was a German-born American actress of the

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. She appeared in about 135 films between 1913 and 1921. Schade was born in Geestemünde (

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), Germany and married first to actor

Fritz Schade Fritz Schade (January 19, 1880 – June 17, 1926) was a German-born American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 41 films between 1913 and 1918, including six films with Charlie Chaplin. His wife was the silent film actress Betty S ...

. The couple traveled to California in 1912-1913 and joined the original

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stock company. Later the two were signed to contracts with

Carl Laemmle Carl Laemmle (; born Karl Lämmle ; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films. Regarded as one of the ...

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. In 1917, she wed actor Ernest Shields and was contracted to

. She died in Los Angeles, California in 1982.

Selected filmography

* '' His Chum the Baron'' (1913) * '' Passions, He Had Three'' (1913) * '' Lights and Shadows'' (1914) * '' The Opened Shutters'' (1914) * '' After Five'' (1915) * '' The Dumb Girl of Portici'' (1916) * '' The Love Girl'' (1916) * '' The Edge of the Law'' (1917) * '' Fighting Mad'' (1917) * '' The Reward of the Faithless'' (1917) * '' The Bronze Bride'' (1917) * '' The Scarlet Crystal'' (1917) * '' The Scarlet Drop'' (1918) * '' The Guilt of Silence'' (1918) * '' Nobody's Wife'' (1918) * '' A Woman's Fool'' (1918) * '' The Wolf and His Mate'' (1918) * '' Painted Lips'' (1918) * '' Winner Takes All'' (1918) * '' Happiness a la Mode'' (1919) * '' A Fight for Love'' (1919) * '' Spotlight Sadie'' (1919) * '' Bare Fists'' (1919) * '' Riders of Vengeance'' (1919) * '' Through the Wrong Door'' (1919) * ''

Deliverance ''Deliverance'' is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey, who adapted it from his own Deliverance (novel), 1970 novel. It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into th ...

'' (1919) * '' The Soul of Youth'' (1920) * '' Darling Mine'' (1920) * '' Flame of Youth'' (1920) * '' Wing Toy'' (1921) * ''

The Foolish Matrons ''The Foolish Matrons'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur and starring Hobart Bosworth, Doris May, and Mildred Manning. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Is Marriage a Failure?''. ...

'' (1921) * '' Voices of the City'' (1921) * '' Everything for Sale'' (1921) * '' First Love'' (1921)

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* 1895 births 1982 deaths American silent film actresses Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States 20th-century American actresses People from Bremerhaven Actresses from Bremen (state) {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub