Wanda Treumann (born Wanda Reich; 17 November 1883 – 29 April 1963) was a German theatre and film actress and

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of the

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.Elsaesser & Wedel p.108 A leading lady in a number of productions during the

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and the Weimar Republic, she retired from the screen in 1922. Her later life remains obscure.

Selected filmography

* '' The Oath of Stephan Huller'' (1912) * ''

The Coquette ''The Coquette or, The History of Eliza Wharton'' is an epistolary novel by Hannah Webster Foster. It was published anonymously in 1797, and did not appear under the author's real name until 1856, 16 years after Foster's death. It was one of the ...

'' (1917) * ''

Not of the Woman Born ''Not of the Woman Born'' (German: ''Der nicht vom Weibe Geborene'') is a 1918 German silent film directed by Franz Eckstein and Rosa Porten and starring Ferry Eschenauer, Helene Stein, and Conrad Veidt.Bock & Bergfelder p.497 Cast * Ferry Esc ...

'' (1918) * ''

In the Castle by the Lake ''In the Castle by the Lake'' (German: ''Im Schloß am See'') is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Eugen Burg and starring Wanda Treumann, Reinhold Schünzel, and Karl Beckersachs.Bock & Bergfelder p.433 Cast * Wanda Treumann as Ilka ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Secret of the Scaffold ''The Secret of the Scaffold'' (German: ''Das Geheimnis des Schafotts'') is a 1919 German silent historical drama film directed by Eugen Burg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mathieu Oostermann. Main cast * Eugen Burg * Oskar M ...

'' (1919) * '' A Night in Paradise'' (1919) * ''

The Secret of Wera Baranska ''The Secret of Wera Baranska'' (German: ''Das Geheimnis der Wera Baranska'') is a 1919 German silent film directed by Eugen Burg, Franz Porten and Rosa Porten. It stars Wanda Treumann, Paul Hartmann, and Reinhold Schünzel.Bock & Bergfelder p.43 ...

'' (1919) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1920)

References

Bibliography

Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. ''A Second Life: German Cinema's First Decades''. Amsterdam University Press, 1996.

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* 1883 births 1963 deaths German stage actresses German film actresses German silent film actresses 20th-century German actresses German film producers Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Australia People from Myszków County {{Germany-actor-stub