Maria Bard (7 July 1900 – 8 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 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. 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) * '' Capers'' (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 German silent film actresses 1944 suicides Actresses from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania