This is a list of notable

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actors from 1895, the year of the first public showing of a motion picture by the Lumière brothers, to the present. Actors are listed in the period in which their film careers ''began'' and the careers of most spanned more than just one period. The list currently includes actors that appear in German movies, including those of foreign origin. For the periods corresponding to the era when Germany was divided the list is split into two categories: BRD for West German actors and DEFA for East German actors.

Early silent era (1895–1918)

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Alfred Abel Alfred Peter Abel (12 March 1879 – 12 December 1937) was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938. His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang' ...

Fritz Achterberg Fritz Achterberg (2 November 1880 – 12 October 1971) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Rose on the Heath'' (1916) * '' Augen'' (1919) * '' The Swabian Maiden'' (1919) * ''Anna Karenina'' (1919) * ''Bettler GmbH'' (19 ...

* Max Adalbert *

Hans Albers Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Early life ...

Georg Alexander Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era. Personal life He was married ...

* Carl Auen *

Felix Basch Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company UFA GmbH, U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of powe ...

* Albert Bassermann *

Rudolf Biebrach Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...

* Paul Bildt * Curt Bois *

Louis Brody Louis Brody (born Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa; 15 February 1896 – 11 February 1951) was a Cameroonian-born German film actor, musician and showfighter. Brody was born in Douala, in the German colony of Kamerun, now Cameroon. His career began in the 1 ...

* Richard Eichberg * Julius Falkenstein * Olaf Fönss * Henrik Galeen * Curt Goetz *

John Gottowt John Gottowt (15 June 1881 – 29 August 1942) was an Austrian actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies. He was born as Isidor Gesang in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Lviv, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. Af ...

Emmerich Hanus Emmerich Hanus (24 August 1884 – 20 November 1956) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 22 films between 1913 and 1949. His older brother was actor and film director Heinz Hanus. Selected filmography * ''The Other'' ( ...

Heinz Hanus Heinz Hanus (24 May 1882 – 16 March 1972) was an Austrian actor and film director. He directed 21 films between 1908 and 1929. His younger brother was actor and film director Emmerich Hanus. Selected filmography * ''Der Gevatter Tod'' (' ...

Ludwig Hartau Ludwig Hartau (19 February 1877 – 24 November 1922) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Dancer'' (1915) * '' Hungernde Millionäre'' (1919) * ''Baccarat'' (1919) * '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * ''Anna Boleyn'' (1 ...

* Paul Hartmann * Emil Jannings * Victor Janson *

Hans Junkermann Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961. Biography Junkermann was bor ...

* Fritz Kampers *

Bruno Kastner Richard Otto Bruno Kastner (January 1890Different sources cite 1 January, 3 January, 20 January, and 30 January as Kastner's date of birth. – 30 June 1932) was a German stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film producer whose career was most ...

Friedrich Kayssler Friedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler, also spelled Kayßler (7 April 1874 – 30 April 1945), was a German theatre and film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1913 and 1945. Biography Kayssler was born in Neurode in the Silesia Province o ...

* Fritz Kortner *

Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss (''Krauß'' in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film ''Jud S ...

* Friedrich Kühne *

Rudolf Lettinger Rudolf Lettinger (26 October 1865 in Hamburg – 21 March 1937 in Berlin-Schöneberg) was a German stage and film actor. He made his stage debut in 1883 when he played the role of Kosinsky in Friedrich Schiller's drama ''The Robbers''. Some of ...

* Harry Liedtke * Theodor Loos *

Hans Mierendorff Hans Mierendorff (born Johannes Reingold Mierendorff; 30 June 1882 – 26 December 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''A Night of Horror'' (1916) * '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916) * ''Hilde Warren und der Tod'' ...

Alexander Moissi Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Paul Otto Paul Otto Schlesinger (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in Berlin, he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at Theaters in ...

Max Pallenberg Max Pallenberg (born 18 December 1877 in Vienna as ''Max Pollack'' – 26 June 1934 in Karlovy Vary) was an Austrian singer, actor and comedian. Although Pallenberg's career started in 1904 it wasn't until 1909 that he joined Theater an der Wien ...

Lupu Pick Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928. Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian,Hans Morgenst ...

* Harry Piel *

Franz Porten Franz Porten (23 August 1859 – 21 May 1932) was a German actor and film director. He directed 19 films between 1906 and 1924. He was the father of actress and film producer Henny Porten, screenwriter, actress, and director Rosa Porten; and ...

* Heinrich Schroth * Fritz Schulz *

Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...

Viktor Schwanneke Viktor Schwanneke (8 February 1880 – 7 June 1931) was a German stage director and actor, writer, and film actor whose acting career began at the turn of the 20th century. Early life Viktor Schwanneke was born in the small village of Hedwig ...

* Walter Steinbeck *

Hermann Thimig Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967. Biography Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and ...

* Jakob Tiedtke * Karl Valentin * Hermann Vallentin *

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man Who Laugh ...

Gustav Waldau Gustav Waldau (27 February 1871 – 25 May 1958) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1915) * ''In Thrall to the Claw'' (1921) * '' The ...

* Paul Wegener * Eduard von WintersteinWith DEFA after 1945. *

Friedrich Zelnik Frederic Zelnik (born Friedrich Zelnik, 17 May 1885 – 29 November 1950) was an Austrian producer, director, and actor. He was one of the most important producers-directors of the German silent cinema. Zelnik achieved success through period oper ...

Wolfgang Zilzer Wolfgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor. Biography Zilzer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to German-Jewish emigrant Max Zilzer, who was employed at the ...

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Fern Andra Fern Andra, Dowager Baroness von Weichs (born Vernal Edna Andrews, November 24, 1893 – February 8, 1974) was an American actress, film director, script writer, and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen, she was one of the most po ...

* Hanne BrinkmannSilent films only. * Maria Carmi *

Lil Dagover Lil Dagover (; born Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert; 30 September 1887 – 23 January 1980) was a German actress whose film career spanned between 1913 and 1979. She was one of the most popular and recognized film actresses in the Weimar ...

Blandine Ebinger Blandine Ebinger (born Blandine Loeser) (4 November 1899, in Berlin – 25 December 1993, in Berlin) was a German actress and ''chansonniere''. Career Ebinger became acquainted with Friedrich Hollaender in 1919, and with him she became heavi ...

Maria Forescu Maria Forescu (15 January 1875 28 October 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian opera singer and film actress. During the silent and talkies era of the German cinema, she appeared in several movies as a supporting actress. When Adolf Hitl ...

* Käthe Haack *

Cläre Lotto Cläre Lotto (23 September 1893 – 23 August 1952) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 41 films between 1916 and 1933. She married German film actor Carl de Vogt, with whom she had a son with, Karl Franz de Vogt (born ...

Eva May Eva Maria Mandl (29 May 1902 – 10 September 1924), known professionally as Eva May, was an Austrian actress. She was the daughter of the film director Joe May and his wife Mia May. In 1924, she committed suicide by gunshot. Biography Eva Maria ...

Mia May Mia May (born Hermine Pfleger; 2 June 1884 – 28 November 1980) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the Austrian film producer and director Joe May and appeared in 44 films between 1912 and 1924. Her daughter was the actress Eva May ...

* Lya Mara *

Anna Müller-Lincke Anna Müller-Lincke (8 April 1869 – 24 January 1935) was a German stage and film actress and soubrette. Selected filmography * ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1914) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * ''Den of Iniquity' ...

* Pola Negri *

Asta Nielsen The General Students' Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at universities in most German states. It is therefore consid ...

* Aud Egede Nissen *

Ossi Oswalda Ossi may refer to: Organizations * Open Source Seed Initiative, dedicated to maintaining access to plant genetic resources * Open Source Software Institute, promoter of open-source software solutions in the US Federal, state and municipal governm ...

Henny Porten Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955. Biography Frieda Ulrick ...

Lyda Salmonova Lyda Salmonova (born Ludmila Vilemina Anna Salmonova; 14 July 1889 – 18 November 1968) was a Czech stage and film actress who appeared primarily in German films. She was married to the actor Paul Wegener and appeared alongside him in a number o ...

* Adele Sandrock *

Magda Sonja Magda Sonja (born Věnceslava Johana Veselá; 23 May 1886 – 20 August 1974) was an Austrian-American actress. She appeared in 42 films between 1917 and 1936, although she is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Mata Hari in '' Mata Hari: Th ...

Rosa Valetti Rosa Valetti (25 January 1876, Berlin, Germany – 10 December 1937, Vienna, Austria), born Rosa Alice Vallentin, was a German actress, cabaret performer, and singer. Biography Rosa Valetti was born in Berlin, the daughter of industrialist Fel ...

* Elsa Wagner * Dorrit Weixler * Maria Zelenka

Late silent era (1919–1930)

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Siegfried Arno Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron, 27 December 1895 – 17 August 1975) was a German-Jewish film actor who appeared in such films as ''Pardon My Sarong'' and ''The Mummy's Hand''. He may be best remembered from ''The Palm Beach Story'' (1942) as Toto ...

Hans Behrendt Hans Behrendt (28 September 1889 – 1942) was a German-Jewish actor, screenwriter and film director. He was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942. Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' Catherine the Great'' (1920) ...

* Wilhelm Bendow * Charly Berger * Paul Biensfeldt *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...

Eugen Burg Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers. Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was ban ...

* Ernst Deutsch * Carl de Vogt *

Gustav Diessl Gustav Diessl (30 December 1899 – 20 March 1948) was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor. Biography Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar Diessl in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruited ...

Wilhelm Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...

* Max Ehrlich *

Karl Etlinger Karl Etlinger (16 October 1879 – 8 May 1946) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1946. Selected filmography * '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921) * ''The Poisoned Stream'' (1921) * '' The Films of Princ ...

Ferdinand Exl Ferdinand Exl (1875–1942) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Yates p.218 He was married to the actress Anna Exl, with whom they had a daughter Ilse Exl who also took up acting. Selected filmography * ''The Fire Devil ''The Fire Devil'' (Ger ...

* Hugo Fischer-Köppe * Albert Florath * Willi Forst *

Rudolf Forster Rudolf Forster (30 October 1884 – 25 October 1968) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1914 and 1968. His autobiography ''Das Spiel, mein Leben'' was published by Propyläen Verlag in 1967. He was born in Gr� ...

Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch (27 January 1901 – 13 July 1973) was a German theater and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s. Biography Early life He was born Wilhelm Egon Fritz Fritsch, the only s ...

Gustav Fröhlich Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropoli ...

Otto Gebühr Otto Gebühr (29 May 1877 – 13 March 1954) was a German theatre and film actor, who appeared in 102 films released between 1917 and 1954. He is noted for his performance as the Prussian king Frederick the Great in numerous films. Early lif ...

* Heinrich George * Kurt Gerron * Bernhard Goetzke * Alexander Granach * Veit Harlan * Wolfgang Heinz * Paul Henckels * Oskar Homolka * Paul Hörbiger *

Oskar Karlweis Oskar Leopold Karlweis (often credited Oscar Karlweis; 10 July 1894 – 24 January 1956) was an Austrian-American stage and film actor, active internationally. Career Born in Hinterbrühl, Austria-Hungary, he was the son of playwright Carl Ka ...

* Rudolf Klein-Rogge *

Eugen Klöpfer Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer (10 March 1886 in Talheim, Heilbronn – 3 March 1950 in Wiesbaden) was a German actor. Early life Born to Karl Klöpfer and his wife Karoline, née Hörsch, Eugen attended the Realschule ("secondary school") in Heilbro ...

František Lederer Francis Lederer (November 6, 1899 Prague – May 25, 2000) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born American film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States. His original name was Franz (Czech František) L ...

Fred Louis Lerch Fred Louis Lerch (28 March 1902 – 26 August 1985) was an Austrian actor who was a star of German films. From 1951 till 1961 he worked again for German cinema as a production manager. Selected filmography * '' The Portrait'' (1923) * '' A Waltz ...

* Kurt Lilien *

Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858� ...

* Paul Morgan *

Albert Paulig Albert Paulig (14 January 1873 – 19 March 1933) was a German film actor who was popular during the silent era. Paulig made his first film in 1914. The following year he appeared in one of Ernst Lubitsch's first directorial attempts, '' A Trip on ...

Fritz Rasp Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891 – 30 November 1976) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1916 and 1976. His obituary in '' Der Spiegel'' described Rasp as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." ...

Paul Richter Paul Richter (1 April 1895 – 30 December 1961) was an Austrian film actor. He owed his great popularity in German films of the silent era largely to the directors Joe May and Fritz Lang. Biography Richter made his film debut right before W ...

* Johannes Riemann * Walter Rilla * Ralph Arthur Roberts * Max Schreck * Oskar Sima * Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur *

Albert Steinrück Albert Steinrück (20 May 1872 – 10 February 1929) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1929. He starred in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...

Igo Sym Karol Juliusz "Igo" Sym (3 July 1896 – 7 March 1941) was a actor and collaboration, collaborator with Nazi Germany. He was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish resistance movement. Early career ...

Szöke Szakall Szőke Szakáll (born Jakab Grünwald, akas: Gärtner Sándor and Gerő Jenő; February 2, 1883 February 12, 1955), known in the English-speaking world as S. Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian-American stage and film character actor. He appeared in m ...

* Jack Trevor *

* Kurt Vespermann * Otto Wallburg * Gustav von Wangenheim *

Otto Wernicke Otto Karl Robert Wernicke (30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965) was a German actor. He is best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films '' M'' and ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse''. Marrie ...

Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman (Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son of Carl Philipp A ...

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Marcella Albani Marcella Albani (born Ida Fidalma Angela Maranca; 7 December 1899 – 11 May 1959), was an Italian actress and writer. Although largely forgotten today, Albani was an idol of European cinema in the 1920s, and appeared in 50 films between 1919 and ...

* Betty Amann * Charlotte Ander *

Lissy Arna Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...

Vilma Bánky Vilma Bánky (born Vilma Koncsics;Hungarian civil registration document from Nagydorog, available through LDS records; film number 1793002 Items 4–5 9 January 1901 – 18 March 1991) was a Hungarian-American silent film actress. Although her ...

Anita Berber Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the time of the Weimar Republic. Early life Born in Leipzig to Felix Berber, First Violinist ...

* Elisabeth Bergner * Betty Bird *

Renate Brausewetter Renate Brausewetter (1 October 1905 – 20 August 2006) was a Spain, Spanish-born Germany, German silent film actress. She was the younger sister of German actor Hans Brausewetter. Brausewetter was born in Málaga, Spain, moving to Berlin, G ...

* Louise Brooks * Mady Christians *

María Corda María Corda (born Mária Antónia Farkas; hu, Korda Mária; 4 May 1898 – 15 February 1976) was a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria. Biography She began her acting career in the theatres of Budap ...

Maly Delschaft Martha Amalia "Maly" Delschaft (4 December 1898 – 20 August 1995) was a German stage and film actress. After beginning in theatre, Delschaft switched to silent films. She appeared in mainly supporting roles during the Weimar and Nazi eras. After ...

* Xenia Desni * Marlene Dietrich * Anita Dorris * Käthe Dorsch *

Wera Engels Wera Engels (12 May 1905 – 16 November 1988) was a German actress. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, she was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as ...

Lucie Englisch Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs. Selected filmography * ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * ''Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930 ...

Anna Exl Anna Exl (born Anna Gstöttner; 2 September 1882 – 15 November 1969) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Fritsche p. 230. She was married to the actor Ferdinand Exl, with whom she had a daughter Ilse. Her younger sister Mimi Gstöttner-Aue ...

* Greta Garbo *

Dora Gerson Dora Gerson (born Dorothea Gerson; 23 March 1899 – 14 February 1943) was a German cabaret singer and stage and motion picture actress of the silent film era who was murdered with her family at Auschwitz concentration camp. Life and career Born ...

* Valeska Gert * Therese Giehse *

Erika Glässner Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Werner Krafft'' (1916) * ''Diamonds'' (1920) * '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * '' The Love Corridor'' (1921) * ''The ...

Nora Gregor Nora Gregor (3 February 1901 – 20 January 1949) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Biography She was born Eleonora Hermina Gregor in Görz, a town which then belonged to Austria-Hungary, but is now part of Italy, to Austrian-Jewish paren ...

* Ilka Grüning * Liane Haid * Lilian Harvey * Brigitte Helm * Trude Hesterberg *

Lucie Höflich Lucie Höflich (born Helene Lucie von Holwede; 20 February 1883 – 9 October 1956) was a German actress, teacher and head of the Staatliche Schauspielschule (State Drama School) in Berlin.

* Camilla Horn * Jenny Jugo *

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Liesl Karlstadt Liesl Karlstadt (; born Elisabeth Wellano, 12 December 1892 – 27 June 1960) was a German actress and cabaret performer. Alongside Karl Valentin, she set the tone for a generation of popular culture in Munich. She appeared in more than 70 f ...

Inge Landgut Inge Landgut (23 November 1922 – 29 May 1986) was a German child actress. She is probably best-remembered for playing Pony Hütchen in ''Emil and the Detectives'' and as the child murder victim Elsie Beckmann in Fritz Lang's classic '' M'', bo ...

* Gilda Langer *

Helena Makowska Helena Makowska ('' née'' Woynowiczówna, 2 March 1893 – 22 August 1964) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1911 and 1958. Early life Helena Makowska was born Helena Woynowiczówna on 2 March 1893 to Ludwik ...

Fee Malten Fee Malten (1911–2005) was a German film actress, who later emigrated to the United States. Born in Berlin as Felicitas Mansch, Malten appeared as a leading lady in both silent and sound films of the late Weimar era. Due to her Jewish backgrou ...

* Lucie Mannheim *

Maria Matray Maria Matray (born Maria Charlotte Stern; 14 July 1907 – 30 October 1993) was a German screenwriter and film actress. Matray became a star of late Weimar cinema. Biography Following the Nazi takeover in 1933, Matray, who was Jewish, went into ...

Gerda Maurus Gerda Maurus (25 August 1903 – 31 July 1968) was an Austrian actress. She was of Croatian descent and initially made her name on stage in Vienna. While performing in the theatre, she was discovered by the director Fritz Lang during a visit to ...

Erna Morena Erna Morena (born Ernestine Maria Fuchs, 24 April 1885 – 20 July 1962) was a German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. She appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1951. Biography Ernestine Maria Fuchs was born in ...

Grete Mosheim Margarete Emma Dorothea "Grete" Mosheim (8 January 1905 – 29 December 1986) was a German film, theatre, and television actress. Early life Mosheim was born in Berlin, Germany on 8 January 1905, the daughter of a Jewish man, Markus Mosheim (18 ...

Renate Müller Renate Müller (26 April 1906 – 7 October 1937) was a German singer and actress in both silent films and sound films, as well as on stage. One of the most successful actresses in German films from the early 1930s, she was courted by the N ...

Käthe von Nagy Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, better known by her stage name Käthe von Nagy (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in the German and French cinema. Early life and education Käthe von Nag ...

* Anny Ondra * Dita Parlo * Lya de Putti *

Hanna Ralph Hanna Ralph (born Johanna Antonia Adelheid Günther; 25 September 1888 – 25 March 1978) was a German stage and film actress whose career began on the stage and in silent film in the 1910s and continued through the early 1950s. Career Hanna Ra ...

* Leni Riefenstahl * Margarete Schön *

Dagny Servaes Dagny Servaes (10 March 1894 – 10 July 1961) was a German-Austrian stage and film actress. In the theatre she appeared in the productions of Max ReinhardtStyan p.89 and Berthold Brecht. Servaes appeared in around sixty films during her career, ...

* Hilde von Stolz * Agnes Straub *

Charlotte Susa Charlotte Susa (1 March 1898 – 28 July 1976) was a German actress. Biography Susa was born Charlotta Wegmüller near Memel, East Prussia and first appeared on a stage in 1915 at Tilsit. She chose her mother's maiden name "Susa" as her stage ...

Olga Tschechowa Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (; russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred ...

* Hilde Wagener * Hedwig Wangel * Hertha von Walther *

Ruth Weyher Ruth Weyher (28 May 1901 – 27 January 1983) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 60 films between 1920 and 1930. She starred in the 1926 film ''Secrets of a Soul'', which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. Selected f ...

* Anna May Wong * Ida Wüst

Early sound era (1928–1935)

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* Wolf Ackva * Wolf Albach-Retty *

Günther Ballier Günther Ballier (18 October 1900 – 20 April 1980) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1933 and 1975. Selected filmography * ''The Country Schoolmaster (1933 film), The Country Schoolmaster'' ...

Paul Beckers Paul Beckers (1 November 1878 – 27 April 1965) was a German comedian ("Fliegentüten-Heinrich") and actor. He appeared in more than 35 films between 1917 and 1936. Selected filmography * ''Der Fliegentüten-Heinrich'' (1917) * ''Fliegent� ...

* Gerhard Bienert * Willy Birgel *

Horst Birr Horst Birr (17 February 1912 – 8 October 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1941. Birr was a member of the Nazi Party. There are different accounts about his death. Some sources state that he comm ...

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian characte ...

Volker von Collande Volker von Collande (21 November 1913 – 29 October 1990) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1987. He also directed more than 20 films between 1942 and 1967. Collande was a member of t ...

* Karl Dannemann * Viktor de Kowa *

René Deltgen Renatus Heinrich Deltgen born 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; died 29 January 1979 in Cologne, West Germany) was a Luxembourgian stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance ...

* Hans Deppe * Karl Ludwig Diehl *

Will Dohm Will Dohm (8 April 1897 – 28 November 1948) was a German film actor. He is the father of the actress Gaby Dohm. Selected filmography * '' Waterloo'' (1929) * ''Cruiser Emden'' (1932) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1932) * ''The Tunnel'' ...

* Erich Dunskus *

Josef Egger Joseph Egger, also known as Josef Egger, (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965. Biography The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career at the Leoben theatre. Dur ...

Josef Eichheim Josef Theodor Ludwig Eichheim (23 February 1888 – 13 November 1945) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926) * '' The Women's War'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' Peter Voss, T ...

* Erich Fiedler * Werner Finck * Fritz Genschow * Heinrich George * Friedrich Gnaß *

Gustaf Gründgens Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg ...

Ferdinand Hart Ferdinand Hart (28 October 1893 in Písek – 12 January 1937 in Prague) was a film actor from Czechoslovakia. Selected filmography * '' The Hungarian Princess'' (1923) * '' The Queen of the Baths'' (1926) * ''You Walk So Softly'' (1928) * '' Und ...

* Paul Hartmann *

O. E. Hasse Otto Eduard Hasse (11 July 1903 – 12 September 1978) was a German film actor and director. Biography Hasse was born to Wilhelm Gustav Eduard Hasse, a blacksmith, and Valeria Hasse in the village of Obersitzko, Province of Posen, German ...

Emil Hegetschweiler Emil Hegetschweiler (1887–1959) was a Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, ...

* Karl Hellmer * Hans Henninger *

Oskar Höcker Oskar Höcker (13 June 1840 – 8 April 1894) was a German author of historical novels for children and a stage actor. Biography Oskar Höcker was born in a suburb of Eilenburg, in the Prussian Province of Saxony, as was his brother, author Gu ...

Attila Hörbiger Attila Hörbiger (21 April 1896 – 27 April 1987) was an Austrian stage and movie actor. Life Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and the young ...

* Fritz Imhoff * Paul Kemp *

Erich Kestin Erich Kestin (25 June 1895 – 22 May 1969) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films shows between 1930 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (19 ...

* Jan Kiepura *

Paul Klinger Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik (14 June 1907, Essen – 14 November 1971, Munich) was a German stage and film actor who also worked in radio drama and soundtrack dubbing. Family life His father, a civil engineer, was Karl Heinrich Klinksik; his moth ...

* Ernst Legal * Hans Leibelt * Wolfgang Liebeneiner * Albert Lieven * Theo Lingen * Eduard Linkers * Günther Lüders * Kurt Meisel *

Karl Meixner Karl Meixner (13 February 1903 – 29 December 1976) was an Austrian film actor. Partial filmography * '' Frederica'' (1932) * ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) - Hofmeister * '' Hitlerjunge Quex'' (1933) - Wilde * '' Refugees'' (1933) - Pa ...

* Bernhard Minetti * Hans Moser *

Franz Nicklisch Franz Friedrich Nicklisch (8 March 1906 – 6 December 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1931 and 1975. He is buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf next to his brother . Selected filmog ...

* Erik Ode *

Fritz Odemar Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (K ...

* Harald Paulsen *

Rudolf Platte Rudolf Antonius Heinrich Platte (12 February 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a German actor. Biography Born in Hörde, Westphalia (today part of Dortmund) the son of a merchant, his family moved to Hildesheim three years later. Rudolf left scho ...

Erich Ponto Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto (14 December 1884 – 14 February 1957) was a German film and stage actor. Career Erich Ponto was born in Lübeck as the son of a merchant. After his family had moved to Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, he attended the gymnasium ...

* Hans Richter * Richard Romanowsky *

Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...

* Otto Sauter-Sarto *

Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Bordellos ...

Werner Scharf Werner Scharf (19 September 1905 – 30 April 1945) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 45 films between 1929 and 1945. Personal life Scharf served in the ''Volkssturm'' during the Second World War and was killed in action on 30 A ...

Joseph Schmidt Joseph Schmidt (4 March 1904 – 16 November 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian and Romanian Jewish tenor and actor. Life and career Schmidt was born in Davideny (Ukrainian: '' Davydivka'') village in the Storozhynets district of the Bukovina ...

* Albrecht Schoenhals *

Hugo Schrader Hugo Friedrich Schrader (26 July 1902 – 22 February 1993) was a German television and film actor. Selected filmography * ''How Do I Become Rich and Happy?'' (1930) * ''The Champion Shot'' (1932) * ''Wedding at Lake Wolfgang'' (1933) * '' The Ro ...

* Rudolf Schündler *

Willi Schur Willi Schur (22 August 1888 – 1 November 1940) was a German actor and singer. He appeared in roughly ninety feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * ''Who Takes Love Seriously?' ...

* Siegfried Schürenberg * Josef Sieber *

Leo Slezak Leo Slezak (; 18 August 1873 – 1 June 1946) was a Moravian dramatic tenor. He was associated in particular with Austrian opera as well as the title role in Verdi's ''Otello''. He is the father of actors Walter Slezak and Margarete Slezak and ...

Hans Söhnker Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) – ...

Gustl Gstettenbaur Gustl Gstettenbaur (1 March 1914 – 20 November 1996) was a German stage, film and television actor. Born in Bavaria, Gustl Gstettenbaur began his career onstage as a child actor in 1927, at the age of thirteen. He went on to play a variety of ...

Wolfgang Staudte Wolfgang Staudte (9 October 1906 – 19 January 1984), born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken. After 1945, Staudte also looked at German guilt in the cinema. Alongside He ...

Werner Stock Werner Bruno Wilhelm Hermann Stock (20 October 1903 – 30 April 1972) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1932 and 1971. Selected filmography * ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932) * ''Decoy'' (1934 ...

Joe Stöckel Josef "Joe" Stöckel (27 September 1894, Munich – 14 June 1959) was a Germans, German actor, screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Actor * ''The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (1927) * ''The Champion Shot'' (1932) * ''S.A.-Mann Brand' ...

Hans Stüwe Hans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Prinz Louis Ferdinand'' (1927) * ''Potsdam (film), Potsdam'' (1927) * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927) * ''Ass ...

Luis Trenker Luis Trenker (born Alois Franz Trenker, 4 October 1892 – 13 April 1990) was a South Tyrolean film producer, director, writer, actor, architect, Mountaineering, alpinist, and Bobsleigh, bobsledder. Biography Early life Alois Franz Trenker was b ...

Ernst Udet Ernst Udet (26 April 1896 – 17 November 1941) was a German pilot during World War I and a ''Luftwaffe'' Colonel-General (''Generaloberst'') during World War II. Udet joined the Imperial German Air Service at the age of 19, and eventually ...

Aribert Wäscher Aribert Wäscher (1 December 1895 – 14 December 1961) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Black Tulip Festival'' (1920) * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''Slums of Berlin'' (1925) * ''The Hanseatics'' (1925) * '' T ...

* Franz Weber * Weiß Ferdl *

Herbert Weissbach Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

Heinz Wemper Heinz Wemper (8 June 1903 – 15 May 1985) was a German actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1929 and 1943. Selected filmography * '' The Ship of Lost Souls'' (1929) * ''Overnight Sensation'' (1932) * ''Gold'' (1934) * ''Police Report'' (1 ...

Ewald Wenck Ewald Wenck (28 December 1891 – 3 April 1981) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 230 films and television shows between 1919 and 1978. Selected filmography * ''We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929) * ''Spoiling the ...

* Carl Wery * Adolf Wohlbrück ;Women *

Gitta Alpár Gitta Alpár (born Regina Klopfer; 5 February 1903 – 17 February 1991), was a Hungarian-born opera and operetta soprano. Biography Gitta Alpár was born in Budapest, the daughter of a Jewish cantor. At an early age, she commenced the study ...

* Maria Andergast * Elise Aulinger *

Lida Baarova Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuani ...

* Fita Benkhoff * Ery Bos *

Lina Carstens Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden – 22 September 1978 in Munich) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler, and August Strindberg, and in her old age she starred in the ...

Marieluise Claudius Marie Luise Claudius (6 January 1912 – 2 August 1941) was a German actress. Claudius was the daughter of the court actor and writer Erich Claudius and the actress Lisbeth Reschke. During her childhood, she appeared several times on the stage ...

Charlott Daudert Charlott Daudert (27 December 1913 – 19 January 1961) was a German film actress.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275 Filmography * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * ''Frasquita'' (1934) * '' Da stimmt was nicht'' (1934) * '' Old Comrades'' (1934) * '' ...

Lien Deyers Lien Deyers (formerly Nicolina Dijjers Spanier, born Nicolina Spanier; 5 November 1909 – after March 1982) was a Dutch actress based in Germany. Early life Lien Deyers was born Nicolina Spanier in Amsterdam on 5 November 1909, the daughter of N ...

Marta Eggerth Marta Eggerth (17 April 1912 – 26 December 2013) was a Hungarian actress and singer from "The Silver Age of Operetta". Many of the 20th century's most famous operetta composers, including Franz Lehár, Fritz Kreisler, Robert Stolz, Oscar Str ...

Maria Eis Maria Eis (born Prague, 22 February 1896 - died Vienna, 18 December 1954) was an Austrian actress of stage and screen. Between 1918 and 1923 Eis performed on stage at the ''Neue Wiener Bühne'' (New Vienna stage), the ''Renaissancebühne'' (Re ...

Else Elster Else Elster (22 February 1910 – 28 March 1998) was a German actress who appeared in over forty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Selected filmography * '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' Victoria and ...

Erna Fentsch Erna Fentsch (21 April 1909 – 26 November 1997) was a German actress and screenwriter. She appeared 18 films between 1932 and 1944. Selected filmography * '' A Man with Heart'' (1932) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) * '' The Champion of Pontre ...

Heli Finkenzeller Heli Finkenzeller (17 November 1914Friedemann, Beyer (1992)''Die Gesichter der UFA: Starportraits einer Epoche'' München: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag. Page 46. . – 14 January 1991) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and tel ...

* Ellen Frank * Ilse Fürstenberg * Käthe Gold *

Ursula Grabley Ursula Grabley (8 December 1908 – 3 April 1977) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1929 and 1977. Selected filmography * '' Katharina Knie'' (1929) * '' The Concert'' (1931) * '' That's ...

Dolly Haas Dolly may refer to: Tools *Dolly (tool), a portable anvil * A posser, also known as a dolly, used for laundering * A variety of wheeled tools, including: **Dolly (trailer), for towing behind a vehicle **Boat dolly or launching dolly, a device fo ...

* Karin Hardt *

Ruth Hellberg Ruth Hellberg (2 November 1906 – 26 April 2001) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 25 films between 1933 and 1991. Selected filmography * ''What Men Know'' (1933) * '' Yvette'' (1938) * '' Heimat'' (1938) * ''Drei Unteroffizi ...

Hilde Hildebrand Emma Minna Hilde Hildebrand (10 September 1897 – 12 May 1976) was a German actress born in Hanover, Germany on 10 September 1897. She died at the age of 78 in Grunewald, Berlin, on 27 May 1976. Selected filmography * ''Die Scheidungsehe'' ( ...

Carola Höhn Carola Höhn (30 January 1910 – 8 November 2005) was a German stage and movie actress. Selected filmography Film * ''The Weekend Bride'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * '' From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * '' Youthful Ind ...

* Lizzi Holzschuh *

Marianne Hoppe Marianne Hoppe (26 April 1909 – 23 October 2002) was a German theatre and film actress. Life and work Born in Rostock, Hoppe became a leading lady of stage and films in Germany. She was born into a wealthy landowning family and was initiall ...

Brigitte Horney Brigitte Horney (, 29 March 1911 – 27 July 1988) was a German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of '' Baron Münchhausen'', directed by Josef von ...

* Hedy Kiesler *

Maria Koppenhöfer Maria Koppenhöfer (11 December 1901 – 29 November 1948) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * ''The Opera Ball'' (1931) * '' 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman'' (1931) * '' Unheimliche Geschichten'' (1932) * '' The First Right of th ...

Hansi Knoteck Johanna Knoteck, known as Hansi Knoteck (2 March 1914 – 23 February 2014), was an Austrian film actress. Selected filmography * '' Count Woronzeff'' (1934) * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1934) * '' The Gypsy Baron'' (1935) * ''The Saint and Her F ...

Dorit Kreysler Dorit Kreysler (1909–1999) was an Austrian film actress.Goble p.338 Filmography * ''Enjoy Yourselves'' (1934) * ''Mr. Kobin Seeks Adventure'' (1934) * ''Jungfrau gegen Mönch'' (1934) * '' Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935) * ''A Night on the Dan ...

Susi Lanner Susi Lanner (August 27, 1911 – March 16, 2006) was an Austrian film actress who played major roles in German productions from 1932 to 1937. Biography Born Mechthilde Reif in Vienna, Austria, after schooling in drama, dance, and singing, L ...

Carsta Löck Carsta Löck (28 December 1902 – 9 October 1993) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * ''Refugees'' (1933) * '' Ripening Youth'' (1933) * '' The Double Fiance'' (1934) * ''Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) * ''Police Report'' (1934) ...

* Trude Marlen *

Genia Nikolajewa Genia Nikolajewa (1904–2001) was a Russian-born German actress who made films in several countries, notably in Germany where she appeared in films such as Robert Siodmak's 1932 comedy ''Quick (1932 film), Quick''Alpi p.345 in a succession of sup ...

* Edith Oss *

Sabine Peters Sabine Peters (29 December 1912 – 10 October 1982) was a German film actress. Peters emerged as a film actress during the Nazi era, and played largely supporting roles. She was one of the companions of the title in the 1938 Ingrid Bergman vehi ...

Rotraut Richter Rotraut Richter (15 May 1915 – 1 October 1947) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in the role of Gerda in the 1933 Nazi propaganda film '' Hitlerjunge Quex'', receiving a letter of thanks from Joseph Goebbels along with the rest ...

* Annie Rosar *

Angela Salloker Angela Salloker (1913-2006) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in a number of 1930s films, notably in the title role in the 1935 film ''Joan of Arc''. Following the Second World War she appeared largely in television. In 1936 she played the ma ...

Sybille Schmitz Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Biography 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 ...

* Hilde Schneider * Magda Schneider *

Edith Schultze-Westrum Edith Käthe Elisabeth Schultze-Westrum (30 December 1904 – 20 March 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1932 and 1979. These included the role of Mrs. Hudson in the 1962 film ''Sherlock Holmes and ...

Hilde Sessak Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German actress who appeared in more than ninety film and television series during her career. She appeared in a number of films during the Nazi era including ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941).Reim ...

Emmy Sonnemann The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

* Camilla Spira * Lotte Spira *

Margit Symo Margit Symo (13 September 1913 – 6 October 1992) was a Hungarian-born German actress. Selected filmography * '' Gypsy Blood'' (1934) * ''A Night on the Danube'' (1935) * ''Autobus S'' (1937) * ''The Yellow Flag'' (1937) * ''Not a Word Abou ...

* Gretl Theimer * Hertha Thiele *

Luise Ullrich Luise Ullrich (31 October 1910 – 21 January 1985) was an Austrian actress. She was born in Vienna. While still a teenager, she got a stage contract. In late 1932, Ullrich played opposite Werner Krauss in "Rauhnacht" in Berlin. In 1933, sh ...

Lizzi Waldmüller Lizzi Waldmüller (25 May 1904 in Knittelfeld, Styria – 8 April 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian singer and actress whose breakthrough to stardom came through her role as Rachel in the Willi Forst movie ''Bel Ami'' in 1939. Waldmüller had he ...

Grethe Weiser Grethe Weiser (; 27 February 1903 – 2 October 1970) was a German actress. Biography Born in Hanover, she spent her childhood in Dresden. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufactu ...

* Hilde Weissner *

Dorothea Wieck Dorothea Wieck, born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck (3 January 1908 in Davos, Switzerland – 20 February 1986 in Berlin, West Germany), was a German theatre and film actress. Early years Dorothea Wieck was born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck and grew up i ...

Third Reich (1933–1945)

;Men *

Axel von Ambesser Axel Eugen Alexander von Oesterreich (22 June 1910 – 6 September 1988), better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German playwright, actor and film director. Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hambur ...

Franz Arzdorf Franz Arzdorf (5 May 1904 – 24 April 1974) was a German stage, film and television actor.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.276 Selected filmography * ''Love Can Lie'' (1937) * '' Dangerous Game'' (1937) * ''Talking About Jacqueline'' (1937) * '' A Night in ...

Ewald Balser Ewald Balser (5 October 1898 – 17 April 1978) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1935 and 1975. He was born in Elberfeld, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria. Partial filmography * ''Jana, the Girl from the ...

* Reinhold Bernt *

Erwin Biegel Erwin Friedrich Richard Biegel (25 March 1896 – 24 May 1954) was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over eighty feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' The Young Count'' (1935) * '' His Late Excell ...

* Willy Birgel *

Franz Böheim Franz Böheim (June 24, 1909 – March 24, 1963) was an Austrian film actor. Böheim appeared in more than fifty films and television series, including the 1947 film ''It's Only Love'' in which he played Franz Schubert.Mitchell p.200 He was the br ...

Dieter Borsche Albert Eugen Rollomann (25 October 1909 – 5 August 1982), better known as Dieter Borsche, was a German actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1935 and 1981. Since 1944, he suffered from muscle atrophy and had to use a wheelchair ...

Joachim Brennecke Joachim Brennecke (6 December 1919 – 6 September 2011) was a German stage and film actor. During the Second World War he had prominent roles in Nazi propaganda films such as ''Attack on Baku'' and ''5 June''.Kreimeier p.347 Selected filmography ...

Siegfried Breuer Siegfried Breuer (24 June 1906 – 1 February 1954) was an Austrian stage and film actor and occasional film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Vienna, Siegried was the son of Hans Breuer (1868 or 1870–1929), who was an opera sing ...

Hermann Brix Hermann Brix (1912–1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Goble p.34 Selected filmography * ''Maria Ilona'' (1939) * ''Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * '' Der Herr im Haus'' (1940) * ''Counterfeiters'' (1940) * ''Titanic'' (1943) * ''The Gol ...

* Rudolf Carl *

Horst Caspar Horst Joachim Arthur Caspar (20 January 1913 – 27 December 1952) was a German actor, prominent in German theatre and film in the 1930s and 1940s. His postwar career was cut short by his sudden death at 39. Caspar was born in Radegast, the son ...

* Paul Dahlke * Theodor Danegger * Friedrich Domin *

Robert Dorsay Robert Dorsay (16 August 1904 – 29 October 1943) was a German actor, dancer, and singer who was executed in October 1943 for defeatism and defamation of National Socialism. Life The only son of the opera singer Paul Stampa and the soprano D ...

Heinz Engelmann Heinz Engelmann (1911–1996) was a German film actor. He was married to the actress Gertrud Meyen. Selected filmography * '' D III 88'' (1939) * ''Drei Unteroffiziere'' (1939) * ''Congo Express'' (1939) * ''The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) * ...

* Rudolf Fernau * O. W. Fischer * Hans Fitz *

Erik Frey Erik Frey (1 March 1908 – 2 September 1988) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1936 and 1988. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria. He was married to the actress Jane Tilden. Selected filmography * ...

* Ernst Fritz Fürbringer *

Werner Fuetterer Werner Fuetterer (10 January 1907 in Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – 7 February 1991 in Benidorm, Province of Alicante, Spain) was a German film actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1925 and 1967. In his early film career, Fuetterer ...

* Heinrich George *

Beniamino Gigli Beniamino Gigli ( , ; 20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) was an Italian opera singer (lyric tenor). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation. Early life Gigli was born in Recanati, in the Marche, the son of a shoem ...

Rudi Godden Rudi Godden (18 April 1907 – 4 January 1941) was a German singer and film actor, notable for his role in Nazi-era musical films such as ''Hello Janine!'' and '' Robert and Bertram''. ''Das Gewehr Űber'' (''Shoulder Arms'') was a 1939 prop ...

Alexander Golling Alexander Golling (August 2, 1905 – February 26, 1989) was a German actor. Golling was a member of the Nazi Party.Hervé Dumont, ''Robert Siodmak: le maître du film noir'', L'Age D'Homme, 1981, p. 294 Selected filmography * ''Der stählerne ...

Joachim Gottschalk Joachim Gottschalk (10 April 1904 – 6 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor during the late 1930s, a romantic lead in the style of Leslie Howard. Life and work Gottschalk, the son of a physician, was born in the small town of Ca ...

* Clemens Hasse * Max Haufler * Ullrich Haupt * Johannes Heesters *

Werner Hinz Werner Hinz (18 January 1903 – 10 February 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1935 and 1984. Selected filmography * ''The Old and the Young King'' (1935) - Kronprinz Friedrich ('Fritz') * ''White Slaves'' (19 ...

* Hans Holt *

Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 31 December 2001) was a Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Henry Higgins in a production of ''My Fair Lady''. In some of his Hollywood films he used the name Paul Christian. He appeared in dozens ...

* Karl John * Curd Jürgens * Wolf Kaiser *

Ernst von Klipstein Ernst von Klipstein (3 February 1908 – 22 November 1993) was a German film and television actor. von Klipstein became a prominent actor during the Nazi era, appearing in a large number of action films. Partial filmography * '' Uproar in Dama ...

* Gustav Knuth *

Eduard Köck Eduard Köck (26 February 1880 – 3 November 1961) was an Austrian stage actor, stage and film actor.Fritsche p.220 He made a few silent film appearances, but most of his screen performances were character roles during the 1940s and 1950s. Selec ...

* Ernst Legal * Wolfgang Lukschy *

Ferdinand Marian Ferdinand Heinrich Johann Haschkowetz (14 August 1902 – 7 August 1946), known by the stage name Ferdinand Marian, was an Austrian actor. Though a prolific stage actor in Berlin and a popular matinée idol throughout the 1930s and early '40s, he ...

Karl Martell Charles Martel ( – 22 October 741) was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. He was a son of the Frankish statesma ...

Albert Matterstock Albert Matterstock (13 September 1911 – 29 June 1960) was a German film actor. He played the lead in the 1938 aviation film ''Target in the Clouds''.Paris p.93 Selected filmography * ''Land of Love'' (1937) * '' Serenade'' (1937) * '' Yvette'' ...

* Gunnar Möller * Walter Müller *

Alfred Neugebauer Alfred Neugebauer (24 December 1888 – 14 September 1957) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Money in the Streets'' (1922) * ''Money on the Street'' (1930) * ''Madame Bluebeard'' (1931) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * '' ...

* Hans Nielsen * Hans Olden *

Rudolf Prack Rudolf Prack (2 August 1905 – 2 December 1981) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Florentine'' (1937) * ''Prinzessin Sissy'' (1939) - Prince Luitpold * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) - Felix Pirlinger - 1922 * ''Krambambuli'' ( ...

Will Quadflieg Friedrich Wilhelm "Will" Quadflieg (; 15 September 1914 – 27 November 2003) was a German actor from Oberhausen. He was the father of actor Christian Quadflieg. He is considered one of Germany's best post-war actors. One of his most widely rec ...

* Hans Quest * Carl Raddatz *

Sepp Rist Sepp Rist (24 February 1900 – 11 December 1980) was a German film actor.Goble p.480 In WW1 he served in the Imperial German Navy. He was married to the actress Carla Rust. Partial filmography * '' Storm over Mont Blanc'' (1930) - Hannes * '' S. ...

Raimund Schelcher Raimund Schelcher (27 March 1910 – 27 March 1972) was a German actor with Tanzanian citizenship who appeared in over 43 films and television programs between 1939 and 1971. Personal life He was born in Dar es Salaam, German East Africa (now ...

Ludwig Schmitz Ludwig Schmitz (January 28, 1884 – June 28, 1954) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than forty films during his career including the 1951 comedy '' The Heath Is Green''. He was part of the popular comedy duo Tran and Helle along with ...

Karl Schönböck Karl Schönböck (4 February 1909 in Vienna – 24 March 2001 in Munich) was an Austrian actor.Ernst Schröder *

Carl-Heinz Schroth Carl-Heinz Schroth (29 June 1902 – 19 July 1989) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1989. He also directed seven films between 1953 and 1963. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Else Ruttershei ...

Viktor Staal Viktor Staal (17 February 1909 – 4 June 1982) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Everything for the Company'' (1935) * '' Eva, the Factory Girl'' (1935) * ''Das Einmaleins der Liebe'' (1935) * '' The World's in Love'' (1935) ...

Hannes Stelzer Hannes Stelzer (20 June 1910 – 27 December 1944) was an Austrian film actor. Stelzer was a leading actor in German cinema during the Nazi era. As well as appearing in dramas and light comedies, Stelzer also featured in more propagandistic work ...

Georg Thomalla Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles. Thomalla was well k ...

Otto Treßler Otto Treßler, also Otto Tressler, (13 April 1871 – 27 April 1965) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1915 and 1962. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria. He was a ...

* Paul Verhoeven * Rudolf Vogel *

Kurt Waitzmann Kurt Waitzmann (30 January 1905 – 21 May 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1937 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) - Oblt. Weber * '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1938) - Gef ...

* Ernst Waldow *

Heinz Welzel Heinz Welzel (1911–2002) was a German stage, television and film actor. He was also a noted voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called vo ...

* Wastl Witt ;Women * Rosa Albach-Retty * Viktoria von Ballasko * Maria Bard * Ingrid Bergman * Hedwig Bleibtreu * Monika Burg * Gisela von Collande * Elfriede Datzig * Marina von Ditmar * Berta Drews * Hertha Feiler * Elisabeth Flickenschildt * Margarete Haagen * Marte Harell * Heidemarie Hatheyer * Angelika Hauff * Kirsten Heiberg *

* Ursula Herking * Margot Hielscher * Karin Himboldt * Maria Holst * Gusti Huber * Hildegard Knef * Lotte Koch * Hilde Körber * Hilde Krahl * Evelyn Künneke * Lotte Lang * Zarah Leander * Maria Litto * Ruth Lommel * Christl Mardayn * Leny Marenbach * Winnie Markus * Valerie von Martens *

* Elfie Mayerhofer * Irene von Meyendorff * Lola Müthel * Susi Nicoletti * Ilse Petri * Mady Rahl * Marika Rökk * Tatjana Sais * Françoise Rosay * Gretl Schörg * Hannelore Schroth * Hilde Seipp * Erna Sellmer * Kristina Söderbaum * Maria von Tasnady * Erika von Thellmann * Jane Tilden * Alice Treff * Gisela Uhlen * Anneliese Uhlig * Ilse Werner * Paula Wessely * Agnes Windeck * Gusti Wolf * Sonja Ziemann

Post-war years and the 1950s

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;Men *

* Mario Adorf * Thomas Alder * Michael Ande * Eddi Arent * Arno Assmann * Balduin Baas * Ulrich Beiger * Martin Benrath * Claus Biederstaedt * Hans Christian Blech * Karlheinz Böhm * Hans von Borsody * Pinkas Braun * Horst Buchholz * Bully Buhlan * Peter Carsten * Hans Clarin * Wolfgang Condrus * Heinz Conrads * Ivan Desny * Christian Doermer * Heinz Drache * Eckart Dux * Fritz Eckhardt * Heinz Erhardt * Paul Esser * Hansjörg Felmy * Bert Fortell * Horst Frank * Peter Frankenfeld * Robert Freytag * Gert Fröbe * Joachim Fuchsberger * Götz George * Rex Gildo * Walter Giller * Reinhard Glemnitz * Boy Gobert * Robert Graf (actor), Robert Graf * Heinrich Gretler * Kurt Großkurth * Klaus Havenstein * Martin Held * Jan Hendriks * Michael Hinz * Gert Günther Hoffmann * Claus Holm * Thomas Hörbiger * Adrian Hoven * Chris Howland * Wolfgang Jansen * Horst Janson (actor), Horst Janson * Günther Jerschke * Harald Juhnke * Roland Kaiser (actor), Roland Kaiser * Helmut Käutner * Alexander Kerst * Klaus Kinski * Walter Kohut * Reinhard Kolldehoff * Peter Kraus * Hardy Krüger * Volker Lechtenbrink * Stanislav Ledinek * Rudolf Lenz * Karl Lieffen * Helmut Lohner * Hanns Lothar * Paul Löwinger * Klaus Löwitsch * Siegfried Lowitz * Alf Marholm * Josef Meinrad * Günter Meisner * Hannes Messemer * Harry Meyen * Willy Millowitsch * Lutz Moik * Peter Mosbacher * Fritz Muliar * Reggie Nalder * Wolfgang Neuss * Rolf Olsen (actor), Rolf Olsen * Peter Pasetti * Werner Peters * Günter Pfitzmann * Gunther Philipp * Wolfgang Preiss * Helmut Qualtinger * Freddy Quinn * Charles Regnier * Heinz Reincke * Raoul Retzer * Walther Reyer * Rudolf Rhomberg * Gerhard Riedmann * Paul Edwin Roth * Maximilian Schell * Erich Schellow * Helmut Schmid * Peer Schmidt * Rudolf Schock * Hermann Schomberg * Dietmar Schönherr *

* Heinz Schubert (actor), Heinz Schubert * Werner Schumacher * Erik Schumann * Heinrich Schweiger * Walter Sedlmayr * Sigfrit Steiner * Erwin Strahl * Horst Tappert * Carlos Thompson * Herbert Tiede * Fritz Tillmann * Vico Torriani * Peter van Eyck * Peter Vogel (actor), Peter Vogel * Wolfgang Völz * Peter Weck * Heinz Weiss * Oskar Werner * Bernhard Wicki * Claus Wilcke * Christian Wolff (actor), Christian Wolff * Ralf Wolter * Klausjürgen Wussow * Harry Wüstenhagen * Helmut Zacharias ;Women * Elke Aberle * Dawn Addams * Anouk Aimée * Ingrid Andree * Karin Baal * Vivi Bach * Eva Bartok * Erica Beer * Sabine Bethmann * Anne-Marie Blanc * Hannelore Bollmann * Cornell Borchers * Heidi Brühl * Susanne Cramer * Germaine Damar * Karin Dor * Ruth Drexel * Annemarie Düringer * Inge Egger * Maria Emo * Renate Ewert * Claude Farell * Helga Feddersen * Violetta Ferrari * Kai Fischer * Veronika Fitz * Lore Frisch * Cornelia Froboess * Wera Frydtberg * Gardy Granass * Brigitte Grothum * Waltraut Haas * Carla Hagen * Edith Hancke * Nicole Heesters * Trude Herr * Loni Heuser * Marianne Hold * Christiane Hörbiger * Ulla Jacobsson * Gertraud Jesserer * Bibi Johns * Heidi Kabel * Elma Karlowa * Christine Kaufmann * Eva Kerbler * Alice Kessler * Ellen Kessler * Doris Kirchner * Johanna von Koczian * Eva Kotthaus * Elfriede Kuzmany * Tilly Lauenstein * Lotte Ledl * Ruth Leuwerik * Ursula Lillig * Ursula Lingen * Gerlinde Locker * Erni Mangold * Marie-Luise Marjan * Johanna Matz * Christiane Maybach * Katharina Mayberg * Inge Meysel * Marion Michael * Brigitte Mira * Vera Molnar (actress), Vera Molnar * Elisabeth Müller * Christiane Nielsen * Margit Nünke * Ilse Pagé * Lilli Palmer * Rita Paul * Maria Perschy * Ina Peters * Eva Pflug * Eva Probst * Liselotte Pulver * Laya RakiInitially with DEFA. * Nadja Regin * Erika Remberg * Barbara Rütting * Maria Schell * Romy Schneider * Ingeborg Schöner *

* Maria Sebaldt * Alma Seidler * Sabina Sesselmann * Sabine Sinjen * Ann Smyrner * Elke Sommer * Herta Staal * Ruth Stephan * Ilse Steppat * Helene Thimig * Nadja Tiller * Margot Trooger * Gisela Trowe * Vera Tschechowa * Caterina Valente * Ingrid van Bergen * Helen Vita * Antje Weisgerber * Elisabeth Wiedemann * Hanne Wieder * Christa Williams * Marianne Wischmann

DEFA

;Men * Gerhard Bienert * Fred Delmare * Fritz Diez * Fred Düren * Hans Finohr * Erwin Geschonneck * Hannjo Hasse * Ezard Haußmann * Wolfgang Heinz * Martin Hellberg * Albert Hetterle * Wolf Kaiser * Willy A. Kleinau * Wolfgang Kieling * Hans Klering * Heinz Klevenow * Herbert Köfer * Manfred Krug * Horst Kube * Armin Mueller-Stahl * Leon Niemczyk * Werner Peters * Herbert Richter * Günther Simon * Ekkehard Schall *

* Helmut Schreiber * Heinz Schubert (actor), Heinz Schubert * Horst Schulze * Günther Simon * Hilmar Thate * Ulrich Thein * Rudolf Ulrich * Gerry Wolff ;Women * Christel Bodenstein * Carola Braunbock * Angela Brunner * Annekathrin Bürger * Barbara Dittus * Helga Göring * Eva-Maria Hagen * Angelika Hurwicz * Inge Keller * Brigitte Krause * Ruth Maria Kubitschek * Steffie Spira * Sonja Sutter * Sabine Thalbach

The 1960s

BRD

;Men * Werner Abrolat * Lukas Ammann * Gerd Baltus * Lex Barker * Rainer Basedow * Hans-Jürgen Bäumler * Rolf Becker * Helmut Berger * Peter Berling * Uwe Beyer * Roy Black (singer), Roy Black * Gerd Böckmann * Hark Bohm * Marquard Bohm * Horst Bollmann * Arthur Brauss * Pierre Brice * Karl Dall * Gernot Endemann * Werner Enke * Rainer Werner Fassbinder * Uwe Friedrichsen * Thomas Fritsch * Herbert Fux * Vadim Glowna * Stewart Granger * Helmut Griem * Hans Peter Hallwachs * Gert Haucke * Bernd Herzsprung * Robert Hoffmann * Klaus Höhne * Udo Jürgens * Udo Kier * Wolfgang Kieling * Wilfried Klaus * Hans Korte * Hellmut Lange * Friedrich von Ledebur * Harald Leipnitz * Ulli Lommel * Walo Lüönd * Henry van Lyck * Ferdy Mayne * George Nader * Werner Pochath * Kurt Raab * Ilja Richter * Klaus Schwarzkopf * Heintje Simons * Fritz Wepper * Rolf Zacher ;Women * Helga Anders * Hannelore Auer * Vivi Bach * Ina Bauer (figure skater), Ina Bauer * Iris Berben * Senta Berger * Jana Brejchová * Ingrid Caven * Hannelore Elsner * Uschi Glas * Mascha Gonska * Gitte Haenning * Gisela Hahn * Irm Hermann * Hannelore Hoger * Karin Hübner * Anna Karina * Diana Körner * Sylva Koscina * Christiane Krüger * Ruth Maria Kubitschek * Doris Kunstmann * Daliah Lavi * Monika Lundi * Margot Mahler * Michaela May * Marisa Mell * Anita Pallenberg * Erika Pluhar * Witta Pohl * Andrea Rau * Eva Renzi * Letitia Roman * Catherine Schell * Christiane Schmidtmer * Barbara Schöne * Christine Schuberth * Hanna Schygulla * Jutta Speidel * Alexandra Stewart * Ewa Strömberg * Margarethe von Trotta * Susanne Uhlen * Barbara Valentin * Marie Versini * Elisabeth Volkmann * Heidelinde Weis * Gila von Weitershausen * Thekla Carola Wied * Angela Winkler * Judy Winter * Christine Wodetzky *Elke Sommer

DEFA

;Men * Peter Borgelt * Eberhard Esche * Thomas Fritsch * Jürgen Frohriep * Winfried Glatzeder * Michael Gwisdek * Jürgen Hentsch * Rolf Herricht * Rolf Hoppe * Manfred Karge * Horst Krause * Dieter Mann * Gojko Mitić * Armin Müller-Stahl * Rolf Römer * Frank Schöbel * Reiner Schöne * Gunter Schoß * Jaecki Schwarz * Alfred Struwe * Manfred Zetzsche ;Women * Carmen-Maja Antoni * Renate Blume * Barbara Brylska * Annekathrin Bürger * Angelica Domröse * Cox Habbema * Jutta Hoffmann * Blanche Kommerell * Vera Oelschlegel * Jutta Wachowiak * Ursula Werner * Monika Woytowicz

The 1970s

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;Men * Herbert Achternbusch * Christian Anders * Peer Augustinski * Harry Baer * Gustl Bayrhammer * Ekkehardt Belle * David Bennent * Heinz Bennent * Helmut Berger * Christian Berkel * Josef Bierbichler * Uwe Bohm * Markus Boysen * Klaus Maria Brandauer * Jacques Breuer * Jochen Busse * Rudi Carrell * Burkhard Driest * Sky du Mont * Christoph Eichhorn * Helmut Fischer * Herbert Fleischmann * Herbert Grönemeyer * Matthias Habich * Dieter Hallervorden * Raimund Harmstorf * Reinhard Hauff * Dieter Thomas Heck * Sascha Hehn * André Heller * Heinz Hoenig * Dominique Horwitz * Rainer Hunold * Gottfried John * Günther Kaufmann * Peter Kern (actor), Peter Kern * Christian Kohlund * Diether Krebs * Günter Lamprecht * Dieter Laser * Hermann Lause * Heiner Lauterbach * Peter Maffay * Dietrich Mattausch * Peter Millowitsch * Josef Moosholzer * Marius Müller-Westernhagen * Thomas Ohrner * Hanno Pöschl * Jürgen Prochnow * Tilo Prückner * Christian Quadflieg * Alexander Radszun * Chris Roberts (singer), Chris Roberts * Udo Samel * Otto Sander * Michael Schanze * Dieter Schidor * Walter Schmidinger * Martin Semmelrogge * Bernd Tauber * Rüdiger Vogler * Konstantin Wecker * Elmar Wepper * Rudolf Wessely * Hanns Zischler ;Women * Adelheid Arndt * Monica Bleibtreu * Tabea Blumenschein * Ursula Buchfellner * Mareike Carrière * Margit Carstensen * Ingrid Caven * Ute Christensen * Edith Clever * Sybil Danning * Gaby Dohm * Tina Engel * Constanze Engelbrecht * Maria Furtwängler * Evelyn Hamann * Anja Jaenicke * Nastassja Kinski * Hildegard Krekel * Lisa Kreuzer * Barbara Lass * Anita Lochner * Eva Mattes * Sabine von Maydell * Sunnyi Melles * Evelyn Opela * Olivia Pascal * Patricia Rhomberg * Karin Schubert * Ingrid Steeger * Barbara Sukowa * Elisabeth Trissenaar * Dietlinde Turban * Rosel Zech

DEFA

;Men * Vlastimil Brodský * Henry Hübchen * Uwe Kockisch * Jiří Menzel * Amza Pellea * Franciszek Pieczka * Dean Reed * Peter Sodann ;Women * Violeta Andrei * Petra Hinze * Ursula Karusseit * Renate Krößner * Katrin Sass * Johanna Schall * Christine Schorn * Katharina Thalbach * Franziska Troegner * Beata Tyszkiewicz

The 1980s

BRD

;Men * Mario Adorf * Dirk Bach * Gedeon Burkhard * Ottfried Fischer * Thomas Gottschalk * Dominik Graf * Alexander Held * Hannes Jaenicke * Burghart Klaußner * Herbert Knaup * Horst Krause * Mike Krüger * Horst KummethExclusively a television programme actor. * Heiner Lauterbach * Robert Meyer * Axel Milberg * Richy Müller * Uwe Ochsenknecht * Daniel Olbrychski * Christoph M. Ohrt * Gerhard Polt * Christian Redl * Ralf Richter (actor), Ralf Richter * Udo Samel * Peter Sattmann * Werner Stocker (actor), Werner Stocker * Jürgen Tonkel * Christian Tramitz * Ulrich Tukur * Otto Waalkes * Klaus Wennemann * Manfred Zapatka * August Zirner ;Women * Adriana Altaras * Barbara Auer * Julia Biedermann * Katharina Böhm * Suzanne von Borsody * Marita Breuer * Renan Demirkan * Anica Dobra * Beate Finckh * Katja Flint * Ursula Karven * Ulrike Krumbiegel * Gudrun Landgrebe * Dagmar Manzel * Maja Maranow * Valerie Niehaus * Jennifer Nitsch * Désirée Nosbusch * Christina Plate * Sibylle Rauch * Katja Riemann * Barbara Rudnik * Marianne Sägebrecht * Birge Schade * Maria Schrader * Lena Stolze * Barbara Sukowa * Anna Thalbach * Dana Vávrová

DEFA

;Men * Matthias Freihof * Sylvester Groth * Robert Gwisdek * André Hennicke * Bernd Michael Lade * Jan Josef Liefers * Sven Martinek * Ulrich Mühe * Jörg Schüttauf ;Women * Julia Jäger * Dagmar Manzel * Simone Thomalla

The 1990s

;Men * Henning Baum * Rufus Beck * Ben Becker * Alexander Beyer * Moritz Bleibtreu * Daniel Brühl * Detlev Buck * Fabian Busch * August Diehl * Justus von Dohnányi * Heino Ferch * Benno Fürmann * Frank Giering * Josef Hader * Leander Haußmann * Michael Herbig * Bernhard Hoëcker * Marc Hosemann * Rick Kavanian * Michael Kessler * Herbert Knaup * Sebastian Koch * Konrad Krauss * Thomas Kretschmann * Joachim Król * Dani Levy * Jan Josef Liefers * Thomas Limpinsel * Florian Lukas * Ulrich Matthes * Wotan Wilke Möhring * Tobias Moretti * Ingo Naujoks * Ulrich Noethen * Götz Otto * Bastian Pastewka * Armin Rohde * Michael Roll (actor), Michael Roll * Ilja Rosendahl * Tobias Schenke * Helge Schneider * Til Schweiger * Matthias Schweighöfer * Hilmi Sözer * Robert Stadlober * Hans Steinberg * Devid Striesow * Wolfgang Stumph * Jürgen Vogel * Kai Wiesinger * Haydar Zorlu ;Women * Muriel Baumeister * Marie Bäumer * Meret Becker * Anna Brüggemann * Yvonne de Bark * Ellen ten Damme * Maruschka Detmers * Anke Engelke * Verona Feldbusch * Veronica Ferres * Martina Gedeck * Eva Habermann * Cosma Shiva Hagen * Wolke Hegenbarth * Mavie Hörbiger * Nina Hoss * Julia Hummer * Julia Jentsch * Salome Kammer * Alexandra Kamp * Sonja Kirchberger * Anja Kling * Anja Knauer * Juliane Köhler * Ann-Kathrin Kramer * Nicolette Krebitz * Alexandra Maria Lara * Anna Loos * Heike Makatsch * Birgit Minichmayr * Alexandra Neldel * Laura Osswald * Christiane Paul * Nina Petri * Franka Potente * Sophie Rois * Andrea Sawatzki * Michaela Schaffrath * Esther Schweins * Jasmin Schwiers * Jasmin Tabatabai * Laura Tonke * Idil Üner * Tanja Wedhorn * Hanne Wolharn * Felicitas Woll * Emily Wood * Natalia Wörner * Marie Zielcke

The 2000s

;Men * Volker Bruch * Stipe Erceg * Florian David Fitz * Francois Goeske * Christoph Maria Herbst * Fabian Hinrichs * Mirko Lang * Elyas M'Barek * Oliver Pocher * Vincent Redetzki * Lucas Reiber * Mirco Reseg * Max Riemelt * Tom Schilling * David Schütter * Jan Sosniok * Max von der Groeben * Dirk Weiler * Philip Wiegratz * Daniel Wiemer * Ronald Zehrfeld * Flula Borg ;Women * Natalia Avelon * Jella Haase * Karoline Herfurth * Hannah Herzsprung * Martina Hill * Alwara Höfels * Sandra Hüller * Franziska Junge * Sibel Kekilli * Friederike Kempter * Nursel Köse * Anna Maria Mühe * Alexandra Neldel * Ilona Otto * Jana Pallaske * Paula Riemann * Katharina Schüttler * Emma Schweiger * Luna Schweiger * Maria Simon (actress), Maria Simon * Sabine Timoteo * Nora Tschirner * Araba Walton * Franziska Weisz * Teresa Weißbach * Tanja Wenzel * Johanna Wokalek

The 2010s

;Men * :de:Nicolai Borger, Nicolai Borger ;Women * Lena Klenke

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Late silent era (1919–1930)

Early sound era (1928–1935)

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The 1960s

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The 1970s

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The 1980s

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The 1990s

The 2000s

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