Mechthildis Thein (1888 in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( ; from Low German , local dialect: ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

– 1959 in

Singen Singen (; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Singe'') is an industrial city in the very south of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany and just north of the German-Swiss border. Location Singen is an industrial city situated in the far sout ...

) was a German

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and film actress of the silent period.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1917) * '' The Rat'' (1918) * '' The Salamander Ruby'' (1918) * ''

Henriette Jacoby ''Henriette Jacoby'' is a 1918 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Mechthildis Thein, Conrad Veidt and Leo Connard. It is the sequel to '' Jettchen Gebert's Story''. It is a lost film. Cast * Mechthildis Thein as Jettchen ...

'' (1918) * '' Countess Walewska'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920)

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* 1888 births 1959 deaths German stage actresses German film actresses German silent film actresses 20th-century German actresses Actresses from Braunschweig {{Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub