Fanny Carlsen was a German

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of the

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. As she was

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she was likely forced to emigrate with the

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's coming to power in 1933, although her exact fate is unknown.Nelmes & Selbo

Selected filmography

* '' The Yellow Diplomat'' (1920) * '' The Law of the Desert'' (1920) * ''

Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac ''Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac'' () is a 1920 German silent comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann, and Gisela Werbisek. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. Cast *Lya Mara as Kri-Kri *Johannes ...

'' (1920) * '' Fanny Elssler'' (1920) * '' Count Varenne's Lover'' (1921) * '' The Convict of Cayenne'' (1921) * '' Miss Beryll'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Actress'' (1921) * '' Trix, the Romance of a Millionairess'' (1921) * '' The Buried Self'' (1921) * '' The Mistress of the King'' (1922) * '' Insulted and Humiliated'' (1922) * ''

The Marriage of Princess Demidoff ''The Marriage of Princess Demidoff'' () is a 1922 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Charles Willy Kayser, and Olga Limburg. It premiered at the Marmorhaus cinema in Berlin. The film's sets ...

'' (1922) * '' Tania, the Woman in Chains'' (1922) * '' Lyda Ssanin'' (1923) * '' The Men of Sybill'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Irene of Gold'' (1923) * '' The Girl from Hell'' (1923) * '' Daisy'' (1923) * '' The Other Woman'' (1924) * '' The Mistress of Monbijou'' (1924) * '' The Sailor Perugino'' (1924) * ''

Nelly, the Bride Without a Husband ''Nelly, the Bride Without a Husband'' () is a 1924 German silent comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Erich Kaiser-Titz and Else Berna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georg Meyer. Cast *Lya Mara *E ...

'' (1924) * '' The Dealer from Amsterdam'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

Old Mamsell's Secret ''Old Mamsell's Secret'' (German:''Das Geheimnis der alten Mamsell'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Paul Merzbach and starring Frida Richard, Guido Parish and Marcella Albani.Nelmes & Selbo The film's art direction was by Andrej ...

'' (1925) * '' The Bohemian Dancer'' (1926) * '' The Blue Danube'' (1926) * '' Fadette'' (1926) * '' The Violet Eater'' (1926) * '' The House of Lies'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' Dancing Vienna'' (1927) * ''

The Gypsy Baron ''The Gypsy Baron'' () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its German libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer is based on the unpublished 1883 story ''Saffi'' by Mór Jókai. Jokai ...

'' (1927) * '' Mary Lou'' (1928) * ''

The Beaver Coat ''The Beaver Coat'' () is a satirical play by Gerhart Hauptmann premiered in Berlin in 1893. The work is an example of a German naturalistic ''Diebskomödie'', or 'thief's comedy'. The drama takes place "somewhere in Berlin... around the end of ...

'' (1928) * '' Mariett Dances Today'' (1928) * '' The Crimson Circle'' (1929) * ''

The Dancer of Sanssouci ''The Dancer of Sanssouci'' () is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Otto Gebühr, Lil Dagover, and Rosa Valetti. Set at the court of Frederick the Great, the film is part of a group of Prussian films ...

'' (1932)

References

Bibliography

* Jill Nelmes & Jule Selbo. ''Women Screenwriters: An International Guide''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

External links

* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown German women screenwriters German screenwriters 19th-century German Jews {{Germany-film-bio-stub