Valeska Stock (1887–1966) was a German

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who appeared in around thirty films in

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s. Stock originally trained as a

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in her native Breslau, before moving into theatre and then into the film industry. She played the wife of

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's Fabrikant Dreißiger in the 1927 film ''

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''.Eisner p.354 Her final appearance was a small role in the 1949

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Partial filmography

* ''Der Bekannte Unbekannte'' (1922) - Magd * ''

Semi-Silk ''Semi-Silk'' () is a 1925 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Bernd Aldor, Mary Parker and Valeska Stock.Bock & Bergfelder p. 155 The film's art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Cast * Bernd Aldor as Dr. Gonzales / Dr ...

'' (1925) - Frau Weber * ''

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) - Frau Brenneis * ''

The Mill at Sanssouci ''The Mill at Sanssouci'' () is a 1926 German silent historical film directed by Siegfried Philippi and Frederic Zelnik and starring Otto Gebühr, Lissi Lind and Jakob Tiedtke. The film is part of the popular cycle of Prussian films. It pre ...

'' (1926) - seine Frau * '' Cab No. 13'' (1926) - Mme Coco * ''Der Prinz und die Tänzerin'' (1926) * '' The Captain from Koepenick'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * ''

Poor Little Colombine ''Poor Little Colombine'' (German: ''Arme kleine Colombine'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Paul Rehkopf, Hilde Jennings and Wolfgang Zilzer. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film ...

'' (1927) - Frau Rabe * ''Der Sieg der Jugend'' (1927) - Jesus Kümmelbackes Frau * ''

'' (1927) - Frau Dreißiger * ''Männer vor der Ehe'' (1927) - Ihre Mutter, Vermieterin * '' The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (1927) * ''Mädchenschicksale'' (1928) - Die Hebamme * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1928) - Frau Professor Gollwitz * ''

You Walk So Softly ''You Walk So Softly'' (German: ''Gustav Mond, Du gehst so stille'') is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Schünzel, Yvette Darnys and Jakob Tiedtke. Schünzel ran into trouble with his superiors at UF ...

'' (1928) - Mutter Krause * '' Miss Midshipman'' (1929) - Frau Kapitän Strupps * ' (1930) - Witwe Bollmann * ''

Dolly Gets Ahead ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' () is a 1930 German musical film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Dolly Haas, Oskar Karlweis, and Grete Natzler. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Heinz Fenschel and J ...

'' (1930) * ''Die lustigen Musikanten'' (1930) - Frau Selbinger * ''Sein Scheidungsgrund'' (1931) * ''Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.'' (1931) * ''

You Don't Forget Such a Girl ''You Don't Forget Such a Girl'' (German: ''So ein Mädel vergißt man nicht'') is a 1932 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Fritz Kortner and starring Willi Forst, Dolly Haas, and Oskar Sima. The film was shot at the Halensee Stud ...

'' (1932) - Angebe Nebenrolle * '' Love Conquers All'' (1934) * ''

Artist Love ''Artist Love'' () is a 1935 German historical drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring , Wolfgang Liebeneiner and Olga Chekhova. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. Synopsis In 1887 in Munich, a ri ...

'' (1935) - Frau Memminger * ''

The Castle in Flanders ''The Castle in Flanders'' () is a 1936 German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hartmann, and Georg Alexander. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the ar ...

'' (1936) - (uncredited) * '' The Muzzle'' (1938) - Schmitz` Frau * ''

Five Million Look for an Heir ''Five Million Look for an Heir'' () is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach and Oskar Sima. It was based on a novel by Harald Baumgarten.Rentschler p. 343 It was shot at the Halensee and T ...

'' (1938) - Hausbewohnerin (uncredited) * ''Schwarzfahrt ins Glück'' (1938) - Frau Powileit * ''Ich verweigere die Aussage'' (1939) - Frau Stanecke * ''Fritze Bollmann wollte angeln'' (1943) - Gemüsefrau * ''

'' (1949) - Hebamme (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Eisner, Lotte H. ''The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt''. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

* 1887 births 1966 deaths German silent film actresses German film actresses German stage actresses Actresses from Wrocław Actors from the Province of Silesia 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub