Mary Parker (German actress)
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| birth_name = Magdalena Prohaska
| birth_date = 3 November 1902
| birth_place = Breslau, Silesia, German Empire
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1924-1937 (film)
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Mary Parker (born 1902) was a German film actress active during the silent and early sound eras.Schwientek p.201 She was born in Breslau in Silesia and made her first screen appearance in 1924.https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/mary-parker_f303a3a8c06ef2eee03053d50b375fcc She acted in over twenty films in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. In 1932 she appeared in the horror film Uncanny Tales.Hans p.142
Selected filmography
- Battle of the Butterflies (1924)
- The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (1924)
- Struggle for the Soil (1925)
- Semi-Silk (1925)
- Rags and Silk (1925)
- Upstairs and Downstairs (1925)
- Should We Be Silent? (1926)
- I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1926)
- The Sweet Girl (1926)
- Suzy Saxophone (1928)
- Today I Was With Frieda (1928)
- Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness (1929)
- Miss Midshipman (1929)
- Susanne Cleans Up (1930)
- Uncanny Tales (1932)
References
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Bibliography
- Hans, Anjeana K. Gender and the Uncanny in Films of the Weimar Republic. Wayne State University Press, 2014.
- Schwientek, Sabine. Conrad Veidt, Demon of the Silver Screen: His Life and Works in Context. McFarland, 2023.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0662480}}
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Category:Year of death unknown
Category:German film actresses
Category:German silent film actresses
Category:Actresses from Wrocław
Category:20th-century German actresses
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