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Die Herrin der Welt (1919)
In the German adventure serial Die Herrin der Welt/Mistress of the World (1919) the title role was played by one of the first divas of the German cinema, Mia May. The producer, writer and director of...
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Barry Norton
Barry Norton (1905-1956) was a boyishly handsome Argentine-born actor, who had a career in the United States. In Hollywood, he acted in over 90 films by F.W. Murnau and others. He started in silent...
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Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer Liza Minnelli (1946) became world famous for her impersonation of Sally Bowles in the film musical Cabaret (1972). She won an Oscar for her role, but during her long career,...
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Pastels by Aldo Mazza
Aldo Mazza (1880-1964) was an Italian painter, illustrator of children's books, caricaturist for satirical magazines, and poster designer. His work was endowed with a great sense of humour. In the...
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Hans Albers
Jovial, pleasantly plump Hans Albers (1891-1960) was a superstar of German cinema between 1930 and 1945. He was also one of the most famous German singers of the twentieth century. His song 'Auf der...
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Julie Andrews
English film and stage actress, singer, and author Julie Andrews (1935) was a former child actress and singer who rose to prominence starring in such stage musicals as My Fair Lady and Camelot. She is...
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Aud's sisters: Gerd Egede-Nissen and Ada van Ehlers
Last week, EFSP did a post on Norwegian silent film star Aud Egede-Nissen, who had an impressive career in German cinema in films by Ernst Lubitsch and other great directors. Her two lesser-known...
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Harry Baur
French film and stage actor Harry Baur (1880-1943) was directed by filmmakers as wide-ranging as Julien Duvivier, Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Robert Siodmak and Maurice Tourneur. He switched just as...
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Scott Brady
American actor Scott Brady (1924-1985) had the manly good looks and rugged appeal to make it to top stardom in Hollywood and succeeded quite well with tough-guy roles on film and TV. Vintage postcard....
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Sandra Bullock
German-American film star and producer Sandra Bullock (1964) is known for her charming, somewhat chaotic characters in popular action films such as Speed (1994) and the comedies While You Were Sleeping...
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Neil Hamilton (1899-1984) was an American screen actor, who was a popular Hollywood actor in the 1920s and early 1930s. Later he had a fruitful career in television, in particular as Commissioner...
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Rosa Porten
Rosa Porten (1884-1972) was the elder and lesser-known sister of German silent film star Henny Porten. Both sisters started in 1906 as an actress for the pioneering Messter company and Rosa became one...
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Eagle-Lion Films
Eagle-Lion Films was the name of two distinct, though related, British-American film companies. Eagle-Lion Films was a film production company founded by American railway magnate Robert R. Young and UK...
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BenoƮt-Constant Coquelin
BenoƮt-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), known as Coquelin aƮnƩ (Coquelin the Elder), was a French actor, who was known as one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age. French postcard by Neurdein...
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Fanny Ardant
Elegant brunette Fanny Ardant (1949) appeared in more than fifty films since 1976. Initially, her youthful beauty brought her popularity in two films by FranƧois Truffaut, but over time her...
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Tina Di Lorenzo
Tina Di Lorenzo (1872-1930) was one of the 'grand dames' of the Italian stage during the early twentieth century, nicknamed 'Angelicata' and 'La encantadora'. In 1915 she also acted in two or three...
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Sie, und die Drei (1922)
Henny Porten (1890-1960) was the star of the German silent comedy Sie, und die Drei/She and the Three (1922), written by Max Jungk and Julius Urgiss and directed by well-known director E.A. Dupont....
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Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander (1888-1945) was a German actor, director and producer. He belonged to the busiest actors of his times and his career continued smoothly till his death. Austrian postcard by Iris Verlag,...
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Will Smith
Will Smith (1968) is an American actor, producer and rapper, formerly known as 'The Fresh Prince'. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. As a rapper, he became known with the duo DJ...
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Jean-Pierre Cassel
Tall, elastic-faced French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932-2007) rode the crest of the Nouvelle Vague, the French New Wave in the early 1960s. The charming and energetic Cassel was being compared to...
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