Anny Ondra

Acting

Anny Ondra

Born May 15, 1902 · Tarnów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Tarnów, Malopolskie, Poland]

Died February 28, 1987 · aged 84

Anny Ondra (May 15 1903 – February 28 1987) was a Czech film actress. She was born Anna Sophie Ondráková in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria–Hungary, now Poland. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion Max Schmeling. She died in Hollenstedt near Harburg, Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia articl…

Known For

BlackmailBlackmail · 1929
Blackmail
★ 6.51929
MovieDramaThriller
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
BabyBaby · 1932
Baby
★ 7.01932
MovieMusicComedy
The daughter of the Parisian countess Lafitte, named "Baby", is supposed to go to an English boarding school, but she's much more interested in variety shows. Nevertheless, she travels with her friend Susette to London, who also wants to make a career for herself as a showgirl. During the journey, Baby is mistakenly considered to be a showgirl and she does nothing to dissuade two young English lords from believing so. The girls continue to live under false pretenses even when they arrive in England, with Baby being a soloist with the group "Babies" and Suzette passing herself off as the Contessa Lafitte for school exams. At the end -- a double marriage.
The ManxmanThe Manxman · 1929
The Manxman
★ 6.01929
MovieRomanceDrama
A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.
The RingerThe Ringer · 1932
The Ringer
★ 5.11932
MovieCrimeMystery
A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
Meet the SisterMeet the Sister · 1931
Meet the Sister
★ 8.31931
MovieMusicComedy
Anny Brabcová is Sabine Veldenová's maid. She would very much like to get the main role in the new musical "The Pink Letter", in which Veldenová plays. Anna's brother, the easy-going postman Jarda Brabec gets the lyrics to the most famous song of the whole musical "The Pink Letter" from his sister and decides that Anna will sing it at the postal academy right in front of the Minister of Posts, where she will reap great success. Later, when the spoiled star Veldenová ends her role in the musical, the director of the theater Bernhard, with whom Anny is in love, has no choice but to announce an audition for the role.
A Night in ParadiseA Night in Paradise · 1932
A Night in Paradise
★ 8.01932
MovieMusicComedy
One of the popular Weimar-era musical comedies not released in the US until after the Nazi takeover, this one has a Cinderella-type plot.
Seine Hoheit, der EintänzerSeine Hoheit, der Eintänzer · 1927
Seine Hoheit, der Eintänzer
★ 8.01927
Movie
The Hound of the BaskervillesThe Hound of the Baskervilles · 1937
The Hound of the Baskervilles
★ 5.81937
MovieCrimeMystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson look into reports that a huge, vicious hound has killed Lord Charles Baskerville and that Lord Henry Baskerville is the next to be killed.

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