Mary Kid (born Marie Anna Albertine Keul; 8 August 1901 – 29 October 1988) was a German actress. She appeared in more than forty films during the

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, but her career came to an end in the early

sound era A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed befo ...

Selected filmography

* '' Harun al Raschid'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' Semi-Silk'' (1925) * '' Love and Trumpets'' (1925) * '' Rags and Silk'' (1925) * ''

Upstairs and Downstairs ''Upstairs and Downstairs'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, Claudia Cardinale, James Robertson Justice, Joan Sims, Joan Hickson and Sid James. It features t ...

'' (1925) * ''

Accommodations for Marriage ''Accommodations for Marriage'' () is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Elga Brink, Georg Alexander and Kurt Vespermann.The film was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. It was based on a novel by Fedor von ...

'' (1926) * ''

We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment ''We Belong to the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment'' (German:''Wir sind vom K. u. K. Infanterie-Regiment'') is a 1926 German silent film starring Mary Kid, Paul Heidemann and Fritz Spira. The film's art direction was by Heinrich Rich ...

'' (1926) * '' White Slave Traffic'' (1926) * ''

The Glass Boat ''The Glass Boat'' (French: ''Le bateau de verre'', German: ''Das brennende Schiff'') is a 1927 French-German silent film directed by Constantin J. David and Jacqueline Milliet and starring André Nox, Françoise Rosay and Eric Barclay.Goble ...

'' (1927) * '' The Lady with the Tiger Skin'' (1927) * '' Lützow's Wild Hunt'' (1927) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * '' I Was a Student at Heidelberg'' (1927) * ''

Circus Renz Circus Renz was a German circus company. It was established in 1842 in Berlin by Ernst Jakob Renz (1815–1892) as ''Circus Olympic'' and existed until 1897. The company had several stationary buildings in Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Breslau and V ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Beloved of His Highness ''The Beloved of His Highness'' () is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Vivian Gibson, Mary Kid and Lia Eibenschütz. It was based on an operetta, by Jean Gilbert.Goble p. 775 The film's s ...

'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

Scampolo ''Scampolo'' is a 1958 German film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Romy Schneider, Paul Hubschmid, and Georg Thomalla. Schneider plays the title role. Plot Scampolo is a young, poor girl who lives on the island of Ischia. She falls ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Duty to Remain Silent ''The Duty to Remain Silent'' (German: ''Die Pflicht zu schweigen'') is a 1928 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Marcella Albani, Vivian Gibson, Angelo Ferrari. It was based on a novel by Friedrich Werner ...

'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

The Missing Wife ''The Missing Wife'' (German:''Die verschwundene Frau'') is a 1929 Austrian silent film comedy crime film directed by Karl Leiter and starring Harry Halm, Iris Arlan and Mary Kid. The sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger. T ...

'' (1929) * '' The Mistress and her Servant'' (1929) * '' Lieutenant of His Majesty'' (1929) * ''

Diary of a Coquette ''Diary of a Coquette'' (German:''Tagebuch einer Kokotte'') is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Constantin J. David and starring Fee Malten, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur and Alfred Döderlein.Bock & Bergfelder p.258 Cast * Fee Malten as Susa ...

'' (1929) * '' General Babka'' (1930) * '' The Uncle from Sumatra'' (1930) * '' The Charmer'' (1931) * '' Kennst Du das Land'' (1931)

Bibliography

* Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996.

External links

* 1901 births 1988 deaths German film actresses German silent film actresses Actresses from Hamburg 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-film-actor-1900s-stub