Dina Gralla (born Hedwig Gralla; 15 January 1905 – 11 November 1994) was a German film actress. Gralla was born Hedwig Gralla in Berlin to German parents. She received dance training in 1919 and performed as a ballet dancer at the revues at the

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. After taking private acting lessons from

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, director

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cast her in his 1925 drama film ''Leidenschaft'' before appearing in a number of silent films and into the sound era of the early 1930s. Due to illness she had to stop her acting career in 1934. The only exception was her appearance with a small part in the 1954

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directed drama '' Ten on Every Finger'' (1954). Gralla was married twice: first to the American journalist Lincoln Eyre, who was the Berlin correspondent of ''

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'', and from 1934 to 1939 to the German journalist Clemens Dieckmann.

Selected filmography

* '' The Wife of Forty Years'' (1925) * ''

The Girl on the Road ''The Girl on the Road'' () is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey and Hans Brausewetter.Grange p. 211 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with location shooting in cities acr ...

'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

Princess Trulala ''Princess Trulala'' () is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey, Dina Gralla and Harry Halm. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were desi ...

'' (1926) * '' Our Daily Bread'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1926) * ''

The Prince of Pappenheim ''The Prince of Pappenheim'' (German: ''Der Fürst von Pappenheim'') is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Mona Maris, Curt Bois and Dina Gralla. Bois' character of an ambitious young man was closely m ...

'' (1927) * '' The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin'' (1927) * '' Schweik in Civilian Life'' (1927) * ''

How Do I Marry the Boss? ''How Do I Marry the Boss?'' () is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Henri De Vries, Robert Garrison, and Dina Gralla. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. Cast In alpha ...

'' (1927) * '' Im Luxuszug'' (1927) * '' The Page Boy at the Golden Lion'' (1928) * '' The Woman from Till 12'' (1928) * ''

The Old Fritz ''The Old Fritz'' (German: ''Der alte Fritz'') is a 1928 German silent historical drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Otto Gebühr, Julia Serda and Bertold Reissig.Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Telev ...

'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

Mischievous Miss ''Mischievous Miss'' () is a 1930 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Julius Falkenstein, Dina Gralla and Albert Paulig. It was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin, with some scenes shot on location in Portu ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Love Express ''The Love Express'' () is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Georg Alexander, Dina Gralla and Joseph Schmidt. No print of the film is known to survive, and it is therefore a lost film.Jung & Schatzberg p. 1 ...

'' (1931) * ''

Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete ''Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (German: ''Keine Feier ohne Meyer'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Sig Arno, Ralph Arthur Roberts and Dina Gralla. Boese made a number of films featuring Jewish com ...

'' (1931) * ''

The Soaring Maiden ''The Soaring Maiden'' (German: ''Die schwebende Jungfrau'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lissy Arna, S.Z. Sakall and Dina Gralla.Waldman p.151 It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets ...

'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

An Auto and No Money ''An Auto and No Money'' (German: ''Ein Auto und kein Geld'') is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Paul Kemp, Dina Gralla and Igo Sym. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets ...

'' (1932) * '' Ten on Every Finger'' (1954)

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

Biography

Kay Weniger Kay Weniger (born 1956) is an Austrian writer of books on media issues. He published an eight-volume encyclopaedia on international film people. Biography Weniger is the son of the German stage and film actress and the Austrian stage actor ...

: '' Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Dritter Band F – H. Barry Fitzgerald – Ernst Hofbauer'', Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3, pp. 353.

External links

* 1905 births 1994 deaths German film actresses German silent film actresses 20th-century German actresses Actresses from Berlin {{Germany-film-actor-1900s-stub