Daisy D'ora
{{short description|German model and actress (1913–2010)}}
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| name = Daisy D'ora
| birth_name = Daisy Freiin von Freyberg zu Eisenberg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|02|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Potsdam, Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|06|12|1913|02|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = Munich, Germany
| spouse = Oskar Schlitter
| children = Alexander Schlitter
Marion Schlitter von Cramm (1933-1984)
| occupation = Actress, socialite
| years_active = 1928–1930[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195855/ Profile], imdb.com; accessed 1 July 2017.
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Baroness Daisy von Freyberg zu Eisenberg, known professionally as Daisy D'ora, (26 February 1913 – 12 June 2010) was a German beauty queen, socialite and actress.
Born in Potsdam, Germany to an impoverished aristocratic family, she began her career in silent films, performing in the 1929 film Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, which became a worldwide success. She earned acclaim for her star turn in The Missing Testament (1929), and appeared in a number of German features before leaving the screen around 1930. Her stage name was coined as a result of the taboo among German aristocratic families against using family names in mainstream industries. In May 1931, she was encouraged to enter the Miss Germany pageant, which would, in turn, take her to the Miss Universe contest.{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090808153929/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/universe_1920.htm Miss Germany contest]}}, pageantopolis.com; accessed 1 July 2017.
Death
D'ora died at age 97 on 12 June 2010 in Munich, Germany.[http://www.mittelbayerische.de/region/kelheim/artikel/die_miss_germany_von_1931_ist_/560183/die_miss_germany_von_1931_ist_.html Die Miss Germany von 1931 ist tot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222181821/http://www.mittelbayerische.de/region/kelheim/artikel/die_miss_germany_von_1931_ist_/560183/die_miss_germany_von_1931_ist_.html |date=2014-02-22 }}, mittelbayerische.de; accessed 1 July 2017. Her husband and their two children had died earlier.{{cite web|page=7|url=http://www.offenstetten.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ausgabe-8-august-2010.pdf|title=Ehemalige Offenstettener Schlossherrin gestorben|work=Offenstetten informiert - Kostenlose Verteilung an alle Haushalte in Offenstetten|date=August 2010|volume=8|accessdate=12 March 2016}}
Selected filmography
- Pandora's Box (1929)
- The Last Testament (1929)
- The Youths (1929)
- Hungarian Nights (1929)
- The Man Without Love (1929)
- Only on the Rhine (1930)
References
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Category:German silent film actresses
Category:Actresses from Potsdam
Category:20th-century German actresses
Category:German beauty pageant winners
Category:Spouses of German politicians