Emilia Unda (January 29, 1879 – December 7, 1939) was a

Baltic German Baltic Germans ( or , later ) are Germans, ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), their resettlement in 1945 after the end ...

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. ...

. She is best known for her role as the headmistress in the 1931 film ''

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 ...

''.Langford p.175 Unda was married to German architect

Hugo Häring Hugo Häring (11 May 1882 – 17 May 1958) was a German architect and architectural writer best known for his writings on "organic architecture", and as a figure in architectural debates about functionalism in the 1920s and 1930s, though he had ...

in 1918. However, the couple later divorced.

Filmography

References

Bibliography

* Langford, Michelle. ''Directory of World Cinema: Germany''. Intellect Books, 2012.

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* 1879 births 1939 deaths German film actresses German silent film actresses 20th-century German actresses People of Baltic German descent Actresses from Riga Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany {{Germany-film-actor-1870s-stub