Anita Dorris

{{short description|German actress}}

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| name = Anita Dorris

| image = Anita Dorris by Wilhelm Paulsen.jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|12|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lübeck, German Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|12|24|1903|12|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Vienna, Austria

| nationality = Austrian

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| spouse = E. W. Emo

| children = Maria Emo

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| occupation = Actress, Motion pictures

| years_active = 1926-1931

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Anita Dorris (December 21, 1903 – December 24, 1993) was a German actress of the Silent era.{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba47839f7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222005251/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba47839f7|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-12-22|title=Anita Dorris|work=BFI}} She played the role of Trilby in the 1927 film Svengali.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anita-dorris-p664646|title=Anita Dorris movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}} She was the mother of Maria Emo who also became an actress.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vVTCgAAQBAJ&q=e.w.+emo+maria+emo&pg=PA181|title=Austrian Cinema: A History|isbn=9781476621470|last1=Dassanowsky|first1=Robert von|date=August 2015|publisher=McFarland }}