Ria Jende (October 29, 1898 – after 1927) was a Belgian-German
film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
during the
silent era.
[Grange p.97] She also produced three of her own films.
Originally from
Brussels
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she moved to Germany at a young age, and began working in the
German film industry before the
First World War
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after having been discovered in
Berlin
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by
Oskar Messter
Oskar Messter (21 November 1866 – 6 December 1943) was a German inventor and film tycoon in the early years of cinema. His firm Messter Film was one of the dominant German producers before the rise of UFA, into which it was ultimately merg ...
. She enjoyed particular fame during the early 1920s, but drifted out of public awareness and the year of her death is unknown.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Blue Mauritius'' (1918)
* ''
The Devil
Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood ...
'' (1918)
* ''
The Dancer'' (1919)
* ''
The Last Sun Son'' (1919)
* ''
The Secret of the American Docks'' (1919)
* ''
The Princess of Urbino'' (1919)
* ''
The World Champion'' (1919)
* ''
The Panther Bride'' (1919)
* ''
The Japanese Woman'' (1919)
* ''
Only a Servant
''Only a Servant'' (German:''Nur ein Diener'') is a 1919 German silent film directed by Erik Lund.Bock & Bergfelder p.74
The film's art direction was by Siegfried Wroblewsky.
Cast
In alphabetical order
* Ernst Behmer
* Ria Jende
* Bruno Kastn ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Golden Lie
''The Golden Lie'' (German: ''Die goldene Lüge'') is a 1919 German silent film directed by Erik Lund.Bock & Bergfelder p.74
The film's art direction was by Siegfried Wroblewsky.
Cast
In alphabetical order
* Ria Jende
* Bruno Kastner
* Max ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Heart of Casanova
''The Heart of Casanova'' (German: ''Das Herz des Casanova'') is a 1919 German silent film directed by Erik Lund.Bock & Bergfelder p.74
The film's art direction was by Siegfried Wroblewsky.
Cast
* Ria Jende
* Bruno Kastner
* Rose Lichtenst ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Bodega of Los Cuerros
''The Bodega of Los Cuerros'' (german: Die Bodega von Los Cuerros) is a 1919 German silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though si ...
'' (1919)
* ''
Madeleine'' (1919)
* ''
The Gallant King'' (1920)
* ''
The Black Forest Girl'' (1920)
* ''
Nixchen'' (1920)
* ''
Darwin'' (1920)
* ''
The Secret of Satana Magarita'' (1921)
* ''
Sunken Worlds'' (1922)
* ''
The Adventures of Captain Hasswell'' (1925)
References
Bibliography
* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
*
1898 births
Year of death unknown
Actresses from Brussels
German film actresses
German film producers
German women film producers
Belgian emigrants to Germany
Film people from Berlin
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