Sybille Schmitz
Acting
Born: 1909-12-02 in Düren, Germany
Biography
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first attention from critics. Her other early movies include Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), Dreyer's Vampyr (1932), and eventually F.P.1 (1932), where she played her first leading role. Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in German cinema with the films which followed; including Der Herr der Welt (1934), Abschiedswalzer (1934), Ein idealer Gatte (1935), and Fährmann Maria (1936). She also had roles in Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1937), Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938), Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit (1939), Trenck, der Pandur (1940) and Titanic (1943)
Known For
Titanic
Sigrid Olinsky
Ferryman Maria
Maria
Accident
Vampyr
Léone
Top Sergeant Schwenke
Erna Zuwade, Stütze bei Wenkstern
Diary of a Lost Girl
Elisabeth
Hotel Sacher
Nadja Woroneff
Die Umwege des schönen Karl
Lu Donon - Tochter
Punks Arrives from America
Britta Geistenberg
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Nelly Dreifuss
The Stars Shine
Gast
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Claire Lennartz
Trenck, der Pandur
Prinzessin Deinartstein
Illusion in Moll
Maria Alsbacher
Die fremde Frau
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Gräfin Héloise Cambouilly
Farewell Waltz
George Sand
Stradivari
Maria Belloni
Master of the World
Vilma, seine Frau
The Last Night
Renée Meurier
Die Kronzeugin
Jelena Rakowska
I Was Jack Mortimer
Winifred Montemayor
Clarissa
Clarissa von Reckwitz
Vom Schicksal verweht
Dr. Virginia Larsen
The Unknown
Madeleine
Dance with Death: The Ufa Star Sybille Schmitz
Self (archive footage)
Music in the Blood
Carola, seine Nichte
Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit
Eva
The Impostor
Thea Varèn
Signal in der Nacht
Brigitte von Schachen