Mary Parker (born 1902) was a German
film actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
active during the
silent and early
sound era
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s. She was born in
Breslau in
Silesia
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and made her first screen appearance in 1924. She acted in over twenty films in a mixture of
leading
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and
supporting role
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s. In 1932 she appeared in the
horror film
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''
Uncanny Tales''.
[Hans p.142]
Selected filmography
* ''
Battle of the Butterflies
''Battle of the Butterflies'' () is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Franz Eckstein and starring Asta Nielsen, Reinhold Schünzel and Hans Brausewetter.Grange p. 183 It is based on a play by Hermann Sudermann. It was shot at the Nat ...
'' (1924)
* ''
The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
''The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'' (German: ''Die schönste Frau der Welt'') is a 1924 German silent film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lee Parry, Livio Pavanelli and Olaf Fjord.Krautz p.570 It premiered in Berlin at the Marm ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Struggle for the Soil'' (1925)
* ''
Semi-Silk'' (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)
* ''
Should We Be Silent?'' (1926)
* ''
I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926)
* ''
The Sweet Girl'' (1926)
* ''
Suzy Saxophone'' (1928)
* ''
Today I Was With Frieda'' (1928)
* ''
Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness'' (1929)
* ''
Miss Midshipman'' (1929)
* ''
Susanne Cleans Up'' (1930)
* ''
Uncanny Tales'' (1932)
References
Bibliography
* Hans, Anjeana K. ''Gender and the Uncanny in Films of the Weimar Republic''. Wayne State University Press, 2014.
* Schwientek, Sabine. ''Conrad Veidt, Demon of the Silver Screen: His Life and Works in Context''. McFarland, 2023.
External links
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1902 births
Year of death unknown
German film actresses
German silent film actresses
Actresses from Wrocław
20th-century German actresses
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