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Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1898 – 7 March 1947) was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films, many of which were early films of German filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch. Her characters were often eccentric, spoiled, and child-like.
Ossi Oswalda, Fotografie (um 1920) von Nicola Perscheid. Ossi Oswalda (* 2. Februar 1897 [1] als Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich in Niederschönhausen; † 7. März [2] 1947 in Prag) war eine deutsche Schauspielerin der Stummfilmzeit .
Ossi Oswalda. Actress: The Oyster Princess. Ossi Oswalda was born Oswalda Staglich on February 2, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. She trained to be a ballerina and worked in chorus lines when she was a teenager. Director Ernst Lubitsch discovered her and cast her in his 1916 film The Shoe Palace.
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- Niederschönhausen [now Berlin], Germany
- January 1, 1
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1897 – 7 March 1947) was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films. She was given the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford' due to her popularity at the time.
Actress: The Oyster Princess. Ossi Oswalda was born Oswalda Staglich on February 2, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. She trained to be a ballerina and worked in chorus lines when she was a teenager. Director Ernst Lubitsch discovered her and cast her in his 1916 film The Shoe Palace.
- February 2, 1897
- July 17, 1947
Ossi Oswalda (February 2, 1898 – January 1, 1947), born Oswalda Stäglich, was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films. Oswalda trained as a ballerina and became a dancer for a theater in Berlin.
One of Germany's most popular silent stars during the 1920s, Ossi Oswalda was a protégé of the great German director Ernst Lubitsch, who is also credited with discovering Pola Negri. Oswalda was a model and chorus dancer before making her film debut in Nacht des Grauens (1916).
