Valeska Stock (1887–1966) was a German

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who appeared in around thirty films in

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s. Stock originally trained as a

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in her native Breslau, before moving into theatre and then into the film industry. She played the wife of

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's Fabrikant Dreißiger in the 1927 film ''

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''.Eisner p.354 Her final appearance was a small role in the 1949

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production '' Rotation''.

Partial filmography

* ''Der Bekannte Unbekannte'' (1922) - Magd * '' Semi-Silk'' (1925) - Frau Weber * ''

Upstairs and Downstairs ''Upstairs and Downstairs'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, Claudia Cardinale, James Robertson Justice, Joan Sims, Joan Hickson and Sid James. It feature ...

'' (1925) - Frau Brenneis * '' The Mill at Sanssouci'' (1926) - seine Frau * '' Cab No. 13'' (1926) - Mme Coco * ''Der Prinz und die Tänzerin'' (1926) * '' The Captain from Koepenick'' (1926) * '' The Prince and the Dancer'' (1926) * '' Poor Little Colombine'' (1927) - Frau Rabe * ''Der Sieg der Jugend'' (1927) - Jesus Kümmelbackes Frau * ''

'' (1927) - Frau Dreißiger * ''Männer vor der Ehe'' (1927) - Ihre Mutter, Vermieterin * ''

The Trial of Donald Westhof ''The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (German: ''Der Kampf des Donald Westhof'') is a 1927 German silent crime film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Oskar Homolka, Karin Evans and Imre Ráday.Nichols p.89 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studio ...

'' (1927) * ''Mädchenschicksale'' (1928) - Die Hebamme * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1928) - Frau Professor Gollwitz * ''

You Walk So Softly ''You Walk So Softly'' (German: ''Gustav Mond, Du gehst so stille'') is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Schünzel, Yvette Darnys and Jakob Tiedtke. Schünzel ran into trouble with his superiors at U ...

'' (1928) - Mutter Krause * '' Miss Midshipman'' (1929) - Frau Kapitän Strupps * ' (1930) - Witwe Bollmann * ''

Dolly Gets Ahead ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' (german: Dolly macht Karriere) is a 1930 German musical film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Dolly Haas, Oskar Karlweis, and Grete Natzler. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the ...

'' (1930) * ''Die lustigen Musikanten'' (1930) - Frau Selbinger * ''Sein Scheidungsgrund'' (1931) * ''Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.'' (1931) * ''

You Don't Forget Such a Girl ''You Don't Forget Such a Girl'' (German: ''So ein Mädel vergißt man nicht'') is a 1932 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Fritz Kortner and starring Willi Forst, Dolly Haas, and Oskar Sima. The film was shot at the Halensee Studi ...

'' (1932) - Angebe Nebenrolle * '' Love Conquers All'' (1934) * '' Artist Love'' (1935) - Frau Memminger * '' The Castle in Flanders'' (1936) - (uncredited) * '' The Muzzle'' (1938) - Schmitz` Frau * '' Five Million Look for an Heir'' (1938) - Hausbewohnerin (uncredited) * ''Schwarzfahrt ins Glück'' (1938) - Frau Powileit * ''Ich verweigere die Aussage'' (1939) - Frau Stanecke * ''Fritze Bollmann wollte angeln'' (1943) - Gemüsefrau * '' Rotation'' (1949) - Hebamme (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Eisner, Lotte H. ''The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt''. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

* 1887 births 1966 deaths German silent film actresses German film actresses German stage actresses Actors from Wrocław Actors from the Province of Silesia 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-film-actor-stub