Ellen Richter

Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß, 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish[1] film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to create her films.[2] She worked primarily in Germany and was one of the foremost actresses of Weimar cinema.

Ellen Richter
Richter in a 1920s photo
Born	Käthe Weiß 21 July 1891 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	11 September 1969 (aged 78) Düsseldorf, West Germany
Occupation	Actress, producer
Years active	1915–1933
Spouse(s)	Willi Wolff ​ ​ (m. 1923; died 1947)​

Selected filmography

• The Spy (1917)
• The Flyer from Goerz (1918)
• The Monastery of Sendomir (1919)
• The Toy of the Tsarina (1919)
• Superstition (1919)
• The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers (1919)
• Die Tochter des Mehemed (1919)
• Out of the Depths (1919)
• The Love of a Thief (1920)
• The Last Kolczaks (1920)
• Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman (1920)
• Princess Woronzoff (1920)
• Mary Tudor (1920)
• The White Death (1921)
• The Adventuress of Monte Carlo (1921)
• The Riddle of the Sphinx (1921)
• Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922)
• The Woman Worth Millions (1923)
• The Great Unknown (1924)
• Flight Around the World (1925)
• Shadows of the Metropolis (1925)
• The Great Duchess (1926)
• Maytime (1926)
• Heads Up, Charley (1927)
• The Imaginary Baron (1927)
• The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin (1927)
• The Lady with the Tiger Skin (1927)
• Immorality (1928)
• Moral (1928)
• Police Spy 77 (1930)
• The Woman Without Nerves (1930)
• The Adventurer of Tunis (1931)
• Madame Pompadour (1931)
• The Secret of Johann Orth (1932)

References

1. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213
2. Rogowski p.128

Bibliography

• Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
• Rogowski, Christian. The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. Camden House, 2010.

External links

• Ellen Richter at IMDb