Sybille Schmitz
Known for ActingBorn 1909-12-02 — died 1955-04-13Düren, Germany
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress.
Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first attention from critics. Her other early movies include Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), Dreyer's Vampyr (1932), and eventually F.P.1 (1932), where she played her first leading role.
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Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in German cinema with the films which followed; including Der Herr der Welt (1934), Abschiedswalzer (1934), Ein idealer Gatte (1935), and Fährmann Maria (1936). She also had roles in Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1937), Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938), Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939), Trenck, der Pandur (1940) and Titanic (1943)
Known for
Vampyr
1932 · as Léone
Titanic
1943 · as Sigrid Olinsky
Accident
1928
Ferryman Maria
1936 · as Maria
Top Sergeant Schwenke
1935 · as Erna Zuwade, Stütze bei Wenkstern
The Unknown
1936 · as Madeleine
Die Umwege des schönen Karl
1938 · as Lu Donon - Tochter
The Stars Shine
1938 · as Gast
Diary of a Lost Girl
1929 · as Elisabeth
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938 · as Gräfin Héloise Cambouilly
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
1932 · as Claire Lennartz
Punks kommt aus Amerika
1935 · as Britta Geistenberg
Hotel Sacher
1939 · as Nadja Woroneff
Trenck, der Pandur
1940 · as Prinzessin Deinartstein
Life Calls
1944 · as Hella Warkentin
Die fremde Frau
1939
An Ideal Husband
1935 · as Gloria Cheveley
The Last Night
1949 · as Renée Meurier