Ellen Schwanneke (11 August 1906 – 16 June 1972) was a German

dancer Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

and

stage Stage, stages, or staging may refer to: Arts and media Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly Brit ...

and

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. ...

.Waldman p.202 She was the daughter of stage and film actor

Viktor Schwanneke Viktor Schwanneke (8 February 1880 – 7 June 1931) was a German stage director and actor, writer, and film actor whose acting career began at the turn of the 20th century. Early life Viktor Schwanneke was born in the small village of Hedwig ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Mädchen in Uniform ' ("Girls in Uniform") is a 1931 German romantic drama film based on the play ' (''Yesterday and Today'') by Christa Winsloe and directed by Leontine Sagan with artistic direction from Carl Froelich, who also funded the film. Winsloe also wrote ...

'' (1931) * '' Impossible Love'' (1932) * ''

A Mad Idea ''A Mad Idea'' or ''A Crazy Idea'' () is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Kurt Gerron and starring Willy Fritsch, Dorothea Wieck and Rosy Barsony.Waldman p. 45 It was made by UFA, Germany's biggest studio. It was shot at the Babelsberg Stu ...

'' (1932) * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * ''

Not a Word About Love ''Not a Word About Love'' (German: ''Kein Wort von Liebe'') is a 1937 Czechoslovak-German romantic comedy film directed by Miroslav Cikán and Alwin Elling and starring Ellen Schwanneke, Rolf Wanka and Richard Romanowsky. It is the German-languag ...

'' (1937) * '' Everything Will Be Better in the Morning'' (1948)

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.

External links

* 1906 births 1972 deaths German female dancers German film actresses German stage actresses Actresses from Berlin {{Germany-film-actor-1900s-stub