Maria Orska
Actor
- Born
- March 16, 1893 · Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mykolaiv, Ukraine]
- Died
- May 16, 1930 (age 37)
Maria Orska, born Effi Rachel Blindermann, was a Russian/German stage and screen actress. Just before World War I she moved to Wien, Hamburg and Berlin in 1915. She spoke fluently German, French, Italian, Russian and Polish. In Berlin, she worked with Rudolf Bernauer in the Hebbel Theater, Max Reinhardt and was famous for her parts in theater plays by Strindberg, Wedekind and Pirandello. Maria Orska's film debut was in "Dämon und Mensch" (1915) produced by Jules Greenbaum.
an important actress of the German theater and cinema in the 1920s.
Known for
Acting4
- 1921Die Bestie im Menschen
- 1917Die schwarze Loo as Gypsy dancer Loo
- 1916Adamants letztes Rennen as Eva/ Christine Wendeborg
- 1915Dämon und Mensch as Lina