Helga Amalia Thomas (8 July 1891 – 6 July 1988) was a Swedish

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. Thomas was born in Skog parish in

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. She had a career in German film during the silent era, between 1923 and 1930. She died in

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in 1988.

Selected filmography

* '' One Glass of Water'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

The Lost Shoe ''The Lost Shoe'' () is a 1923 German silent fantasy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Helga Thomas, Paul Hartmann and Mady Christians. Its plot is loosely based on that of Cinderella. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berl ...

'' (1923) * '' The Second Shot'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' The Man in the Fire '' (1926) * '' The Poacher'' (1926) * '' A Day of Roses in August'' (1927) * '' German Women - German Faithfulness'' (1927) * '' The Sinner'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Beware of Loose Women'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929)

References

* Kester, Bernadette. ''Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933)''. Amsterdam University Press, 2003.
Helga Thomas
in the Swedish Film Database

External links

* 1891 births 1988 deaths Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses People from Kramfors Municipality {{Sweden-film-actor-stub