Dina Gralla (born Hedwig Gralla; 15 January 1905 – 11 November 1994) was a German film actress. Gralla was born Hedwig Gralla in Berlin to German parents. She received dance training in 1919 and performed as a ballet dancer at the revues at the

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. After taking private acting lessons from

Walter Steinbeck Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor. Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Romance of a Poor S ...

, director

Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg (27 October 1888 – 8 May 1952) was a German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germ ...

cast her his 1925 drama film ''Leidenschaft'' before appearing in a number of silent films and into the sound era of the early 1930s. Due to illness she had to stop her career as an actress in 1934. The only exception was her appearance with a small part in the 1954

Erik Ode Erik Ode (born Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, 6 November 1910 – 19 July 1983) was a German director and actor who was most famous for playing Kommissar ''Herbert Keller'' in the German television drama '' Der Kommissar'' (The Police Inspector). He mar ...

directed drama ''

Ten on Every Finger ''Ten on Every Finger'' (German: ''An jedem Finger zehn'') is a 1954 West German musical comedy film directed by Erik Ode and starring Germaine Damar, Erich Auer and Loni Heuser.Bock & Bergfelder p.136 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Be ...

'' (1954). Gralla was married twice: first with the american journalist Lincoln Eyre (1889 - 1928, Berlin correspondent of

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), and from 1934 to 1939 with the german journalist Clemens Dieckmann.

Selected filmography

* '' The Wife of Forty Years'' (1925) * ''

The Girl on the Road ''The Girl on the Road'' (german: Die Kleine vom Bummel) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey and Hans Brausewetter.Grange p. 211 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with loca ...

'' (1925) * '' Passion'' (1925) * ''

The Woman with That Certain Something ''The Woman with That Certain Something'' (German: ''Die Frau mit dem Etwas'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Rudolf Lettinger, Lee Parry and Bruno Kastner. The film's sets were designed by the art d ...

'' (1925) * ''

Princess Trulala ''Princess Trulala'' (german: Prinzessin Trulala) is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey, Dina Gralla and Harry Halm. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. ...

'' (1926) * '' Our Daily Bread'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1926) * ''

The Prince of Pappenheim ''The Prince of Pappenheim'' (German: ''Der Fürst von Pappenheim'') is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Mona Maris, Curt Bois and Dina Gralla. Bois' character of an ambitious young man was closely mode ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin ''The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin'' (German: ''Die schönsten Beine von Berlin'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Dina Gralla and Kurt Gerron. The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1927) * '' Schweik in Civilian Life'' (1927) * ''

How Do I Marry the Boss? ''How Do I Marry the Boss?'' (german: Wie heirate ich meinen Chef?) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and starring Henri De Vries, Robert Garrison, and Dina Gralla. The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...

'' (1927) * '' Im Luxuszug'' (1927) * '' The Page Boy at the Golden Lion'' (1928) * '' The Woman from Till 12'' (1928) * ''

The Old Fritz ''The Old Fritz'' (German: ''Der alte Fritz'') is a 1928 German silent historical drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Otto Gebühr, Julia Serda and Bertold Reissig.Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Tele ...

'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Mischievous Miss'' (1930) * ''

The Love Express ''The Love Express'' (german: Der Liebesexpreß) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Georg Alexander, Dina Gralla and Joseph Schmidt. No print of the film is known to survive, and it is therefore a lost ...

'' (1931) * '' Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931) * ''

The Soaring Maiden ''The Soaring Maiden'' (German: ''Die schwebende Jungfrau'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lissy Arna, S.Z. Sakall and Dina Gralla.Waldman p.151 It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets wer ...

'' (1931) * '' Children of Fortune'' (1931) * '' An Auto and No Money'' (1932) * ''

'' (1954)

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

Biography

Kay Weniger Kay Weniger (born in Berlin in 1966) is an Austrian writer of books on media issues. He published an eight-volume encyclopaedia on international film people. Biography Weniger is the son of the German stage and film actress and the Austria ...

: '' Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Dritter Band F – H. Barry Fitzgerald – Ernst Hofbauer'', Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3, pp. 353.

External links

* 1905 births 1994 deaths German film actresses German silent film actresses Actresses from Warsaw 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-film-actor-stub