Gerda Maurus

{{short description|Austrian actress}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Gerda Maurus

|image = Gerda Maurus 1925-1926 Alexander Binder 001.png

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|08|25|df=y}}

|birth_place = Breitenfurt bei Wien, Austro-Hungarian Empire

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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|07|31|1903|08|25|df=y}}

|death_place =Düsseldorf, West Germany

|occupation = actress

|years_active = 1928–1968 (film & TV)

|spouse =

}}

Gerda Maurus (25 August 1903 – 31 July 1968) was an Austrian actress.{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/155960 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | MAURUS, Gerda |access-date=2011-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802132657/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/155960 |archive-date=2011-08-02 |url-status=dead }}

She was of Croatian descent and initially made her name on stage in Vienna. While performing in the theatre, she was discovered by the director Fritz Lang during a visit to his native city. Lang cast her in the female lead in his silent thriller film Spione (1928) and she appeared in a number of German films during the Weimar and Nazi eras.