Biography
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. 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 later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first attention from critics. Her other early movies include Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), Dreyer's Vampyr (1932), and eventually F.P.1 (1932), where she played her first leading role. Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in German cinema with the films which followed; including Der Herr der Welt (1934), Abschiedswalzer (1934), Ein idealer Gatte (1935), and Fährmann Maria (1936). She also had roles in Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1937), Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938), Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939), Trenck, der Pandur (1940) and Titanic (1943)
Movies & TV Shows
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Vampyr (1932) — Léone
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Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) — Elisabeth
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Titanic (1943) — Sigrid Olinsky
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Accident (1928)
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F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932) — Claire Lennartz
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Ferryman Maria (1936) — Maria
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Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938) — Gräfin Héloise Cambouilly
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The Stars Shine (1938) — Gast
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1947) — Nelly Dreifuss
- Wetterleuchten um Barbara (1941) — Barbara Stammer
- Life Calls (1944) — Hella Warkentin
- Rivalen der Luft (1934) — Sportfliegerin Lisa Holm
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Trenck, der Pandur (1940) — Prinzessin Deinartstein
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Master of the World (1934) — Vilma, seine Frau
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Stradivari (1935) — Maria Belloni
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Hotel Sacher (1939) — Nadja Woroneff
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Clarissa (1941) — Clarissa von Reckwitz
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Farewell Waltz (1934) — George Sand
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Top Sergeant Schwenke (1935) — Erna Zuwade, Stütze bei Wenkstern
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Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1938) — Lu Donon - Tochter
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The Last Night (1949) — Renée Meurier
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I Was Jack Mortimer (1935) — Winifred Montemayor
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The Unknown (1936) — Madeleine
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Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939) — Eva
- Die Lüge (1950) — Susanne Gruber
- An Ideal Husband (1935) — Gloria Cheveley
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Music in the Blood (1934) — Carola, seine Nichte
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Punks kommt aus Amerika (1935) — Britta Geistenberg
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Illusion in Moll (1952) — Maria Alsbacher
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Vom Schicksal verweht (1942) — Dr. Virginia Larsen
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Die Kronzeugin (1937) — Jelena Rakowska
- If It Were Not for Music (1935) — Ilonka Badacz
- Die Leuchter des Kaisers (1936) — Anna Demidow
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The Impostor (1944) — Thea Varèn
- Crown Jewels (1950) — Eva Skeravenen
- The House on the Coast (1954) — Anna
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Signal in der Nacht (1937) — Brigitte von Schachen
- Die fremde Frau (1939)
- Sensation im Savoy (1950) — Vera Gordon
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Dance with Death: The Ufa Star Sybille Schmitz (2000) — Self (archive footage)