Sybille Schmitz
Actor
- Born
- December 2, 1909 · Düren, Germany
- Died
- April 13, 1955 (age 45)
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress.
Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first attention from critics. Her other early movies include Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), Dreyer's Vampyr (1932), and eventually F.P.1 (1932), where she played her first leading role.
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Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in German cinema with the films which followed; including Der Herr der Welt (1934), Abschiedswalzer (1934), Ein idealer Gatte (1935), and Fährmann Maria (1936). She also had roles in Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1937), Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938), Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939), Trenck, der Pandur (1940) and Titanic (1943)
Known for
Vampyr
May 6, 1932
Diary of a Lost Girl
September 27, 1929
Titanic
September 24, 1943
Accident
November 6, 1928
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
December 22, 1932
Ferryman Maria
February 7, 1936
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
November 30, 1938
The Stars Shine
March 17, 1938
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
December 11, 1947
Trenck, der Pandur
August 23, 1940
Master of the World
August 11, 1934
Stradivari
August 25, 1935
Acting41
- 2000Dance with Death: The Ufa Star Sybille Schmitz as Self (archive footage)
- 1954The House on the Coast as Anna
- 1952Illusion in Moll as Maria Alsbacher
- 1950Crown Jewels as Eva Skeravenen
- 1950Sensation im Savoy as Vera Gordon
- 1950Die Lüge as Susanne Gruber
- 1949The Last Night as Renée Meurier
- 1947Between Yesterday and Tomorrow as Nelly Dreifuss
- 1944Life Calls as Hella Warkentin
- 1944The Impostor