Paul Seelig (5 October 1900 – 5 August 1931) was a

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. He appeared in about 15 roles in films

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and

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. His film debut was in

Mauritz Stiller Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 18 November 1928) was a Swedish film director of Finnish Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller had been a pioneer of the Swedish film ...

's film ''En pojke i livets strid'' in 1913, when he was thirteen years old. He was the son of the actor and tour leader Emil van der Osten (1848-1905) and the actress Lotten Lundberg-Seelig (1867-1924). Paul Seelig left Sweden in the late 1920s, first to film in

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, then at

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. In the summer of 1931, he was killed in

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, under yet-unknown circumstances.

Selected filmography

* '' En pojke i livets strid'' (1913) * '' A Wild Bird'' (1921) * '' Vem dömer'' (1922) * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * '' The People of Simlang Valley'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Österman Brothers' Virago'' (1925) * '' Min fru har en fästman'' (1926) * '' Arnljot'' (1927) * '' Trådlöst och kärleksfullt'' (1931) * '' Generalen'' (1931)

References

*Werner, Gösta (1991). Mauritz Stiller: ett livsöde. Stockholm: Prisma. Libris 7407745. (inb.)

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