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Ossi Oswalda
German actress (1898–1947)
Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1898[1] – 7 March 1947) was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films, many of which were early films of German filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch.
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Her characters were often eccentric, spoiled, and child-like. Oswalda was given the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford' due to her popularity at the time.[2]
Early life
Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich was born on 2 February 1898, the daughter of Pauline Marie Anna Stäglich.
Oswalda trained as a ballerina and became a dancer for a theater in Berlin as a teenager, working in chorus lines.[3] She made her film debut in Richard Oswald's Nächte des Grauens (A Night of Horror) before being discovered by the actor and screenwriter Hanns Kräly, who in turn recommended her to director Ernst Lubitsch.
Lubitsch cast her in his 1916 film The Shoe Palace.[3]
Film career
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