Fee Malten (1911–2005) was a German film actress, who later emigrated to the United States. Born in
Berlin
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as Felicitas Mansch, Malten appeared as a
leading lady
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in both
silent and
sound films
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of the late
Weimar era. Due to her
Jewish
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background,
[Prawer p.213] she was compelled to go into exile following the
Nazi
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takeover in 1933. She eventually settled in the United States where she continued to act, generally in much smaller parts than she had received in Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''
At the Edge of the World'' (1927)
* ''
The Woman in the Cupboard'' (1927)
* ''
The Mysterious Mirror'' (1928)
* ''
Whirl of Youth
''Whirl of Youth'' (German: ''Rutschbahn'') is a 1928 British-German silent drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Fee Malten, Heinrich George and Fred Louis Lerch.Bock & Bergfelder p.154
The film's art direction was by Robert ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Diary of a Coquette'' (1929)
* ''
A Tango for You'' (1930)
* ''
Express 13
''Express 13'' () is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Charlotte Susa, Heinz Könecke and Fee Malten.Paech & Paech p. 223 It was shot at UFA's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by ...
'' (1931)
* ''
The Soaring Maiden'' (1931)
* ''
Foreign Agent
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'' (1942)
* ''
Hitler – Dead or Alive'' (1942)
* ''
The Seventh Cross'' (1944)
* ''
Young Bess'' (1953)
References
External links
*
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.
1911 births
2005 deaths
German film actresses
German silent film actresses
20th-century German actresses
Actresses from Berlin
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
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