Maria Bard (7 July 1900 – April 1944) was a German stage actress, who made a handful of films in the

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for Rimax, her first husband Wilhelm Graaff's company. By 1930, her marriage with Graaff was over, and she appeared with

Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss (''Krauß'' in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film '' Jud ...

in the stage production ''Der Kaiser von Amerika'' or ''The King of America'' and the two became involved. Krauss' wife discovered their affair and committed suicide; a year later, in 1931, Maria Bard married Krauss. Her third husband was actor

Hannes Stelzer Hannes Stelzer (20 June 1910 – 27 December 1944) was an Austrian film actor. Stelzer was a leading actor in German cinema during the Nazi era. As well as appearing in dramas and light comedies, Stelzer also featured in more propagandistic work ...

. Bard committed suicide in April 1944, reportedly for political reasons.

Selected filmography

* '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * '' Man Without a Name'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' Above All Else in the World'' (1941)

References

* Thomas Elsaesser and Michael Wedel, ''The BFI Companion to German Cinema'', British Film Institute: London, England, 1999.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bard, Maria 1900 births 1944 deaths People from Schwerin 20th-century German actresses 1944 suicides