
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.
Oswalda trained as a ballerina and became a dancer for a theater in Berlin. She made her film debut in Richard Oswald's Nächte des Grauens (Night of Horrors) before being discovered by the actor and screenwriter Hanns Kräly, who in turn recommended her to director Ernst Lubitsch. During her early career, she starred in several films by Lubitsch, including The Merry Jail, I Don't Want to Be a Man, The Oyster Princess and The Doll. Her popularity at the time earned her the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford'.
In 1921, Oswalda started her own film production company with her husband at the time, the Hungarian Baron Gustav Wilhelm Viktor Freiherr von Koczian-Miskolczy (1877–1958). However, during the next four years they only produced four films, all starring Oswalda. From 1925 on, she was contracted to Ufa. The couple divorced in 1925, and Oswalda began a high profile affair with Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
Oswalda's career waned along with the silent film era, and she only acted in two sound films, making her final appearance on screen in the 1933 film The Star of Valencia. She escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to Prague with her partner Julius Aubenberg in the 1930s.
Later on, she became a stage actor, and in 1943, wrote the screenplay for the Czechoslovakian film Čtrnáctý u stolu. By spring 1947, Oswalda went bankrupt and was suffering from multiple health problems.
Oswalda died penniless in Prague at the age of 50. She is buried at Olsany Cemetery.

Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
1926 · as Daisy Cuffler

The Doll
1919 · as Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll

The Oyster Princess
1919 · as Ossi, his daughter

The Ballet Girl
1918 · as Ossi, eine junge Tänzerin

The Girl with a Patron
1925

The Merry Jail
1917

A Night of Horror
1917

Express Train of Love
1925 · as Kitty

The chaste Joseph
1930

I Don't Want to Be a Man
1918 · as Ossi

Der Stern von Valencia
1933 · as Rita

The Girl on a Swing
1927

The Swabian Maiden
1919 · as Lorle Schmied

Es zogen drei Burschen
1928

Amor am Steuer
1921

Die vierte von rechts
1929

When Four Do the Same
1917 · as Segetoffs Tochter

Gräfin Plättmamsell
1926