Betty Amann

Betty Amann, actually Philippine Amann, ( born March 10, 1907 in Pirmasens, † August 3, 1990 in Danbury, Connecticut, married to David B. Stillman ) was a German -American actress.

Life

Born in 1907 in Pirmasens, Betty Amann grew from 1908 primarily on the United States. There she began her acting career in 1926 with the film The Kick -Off. In 1928 she returned to Germany and played alongside Gustav Fröhlich as the female lead in asphalt under the director Joe May, who discovered it with producer Erich Pommer for the German film. Even with the start of the talkies she turned initially continued in Germany, among them Hans Albers Hans crime of all trades by Carl Froelich.

From 1931 Amann also worked in England. Alfred Hitchcock hired her for his movie last we are rich. One of her last performances in the German film they had in 1933 in tow M 17 with Henry George. After the seizure of power by the Nazis, she received because of her Jewish origin no more deals, so they emigrated in 1937 to the USA. There she was unable to repeat her previous success. Your last role was in 1943 in Edgar G. Ulmer's Isle of Forgotten Sins.

1987 Betty Amann received the Film Award for many years of excellent work in the German film. In 1990, she died at the age of 83 years.

Filmography

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