Maria Matray
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| Maria Matray | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 July 1907 Niederschönhausen, German Empire |
| Died |
30 October 1993 (aged 86) Munich, Germany |
| Other names | Maria Stern; Maria Solveg |
| Occupation | Film actor, screenwriter, choreographer |
| Years active | 1923–1993 |
Maria Matray (1907–1993) was a German screenwriter and film actress. Matray became a star of late Weimar cinema. Following the Nazi takeover in 1933, the Jewish Matray went into exile – initially in France and Britain before moving on the United States. She developed a new career as a choreographer and writer. She later returned to Germany post-Second World War, where she died in 1993.[1]
Selected filmopgraphy
Actress
- The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
- The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
- Never Trust a Woman (1930)
- Elisabeth of Austria (1931)
- Road to Rio (1931)
- The Sorceror (1932)
Screenwriter
- Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
- The Night of the Storm (1957)
- The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)
- Maximilian von Mexiko (1970, TV series)
References
- ↑ Weniger p.466-68
Bibliography
- Weniger, Kay. 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945: Eine Gesamtübersicht. ACABUS Verlag, 2011.
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