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Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1897 – 7 March 1947) was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films. She was given the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford' due to her popularity at the time. Oswalda trained as a ballerina and became a dancer for a theater in Berlin. She made her film debut in Richard Oswald's Nächte des Grauens (Night of Horrors) before being discovered by the actor and screenwriter Hanns Kräly, who in turn recommended her to director Ernst Lubitsch. During her early career, she starred in several films by Lubitsch, including The Merry Jail, I Don't Want to Be a Man, The Oyster Princess and The Doll. Her popularity at the time earned her the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford'. In 1921, Oswalda started her own film production company with her husband at the time, the Hungarian Baron Gustav Wilhelm Viktor Freiherr von Koczian-Miskolczy (1877–1958). However, during the next four years they only produced four films, all starring Oswalda. From 1925 on, she was contracted to Ufa. The couple divorced in 1925, and Oswalda began a high profile affair with Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Oswalda's career waned along with the silent film era, and she only acted in two sound films, making her final appearance on screen in the 1933 film The Star of Valencia. She escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to Prague with her partner Julius Aubenberg in the 1930s. Later on, she became a stage actor, and in 1943, wrote the screenplay for the Czechoslovakian film Čtrnáctý u stolu. By spring 1947, Oswalda went bankrupt and was suffering from multiple health problems. Oswalda died penniless in Prague at the age of 50. She is buried at Olsany Cemetery.

Die Puppe

Der Stern von Valencia
as Rita

The chaste Joseph
Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
Die vierte von rechts

Sir or Madame
Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso
Es zogen drei Burschen

Frühere Verhältnisse
as Pepi

The Girl on a Swing

A Crazy Night
as Margot Olschinsky
Schatz, mach' Kasse
as Ossi

Gräfin Plättmamsell

Die Kleine vom Varieté
as Rositta, die Kleine vom Varieté

Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
as Daisy Cuffler
The Girl with a Patron
Express Train of Love
as Kitty

Niniche
as Niniche
Ein Weihnachtsfilm für Große

Colibri
as Colibri

Das Mädel mit der Maske
as Hothilde van Erlenkamp
Amor am Steuer
Kakadu und Kiebitz
as Ossi Schönbeck
Hundemamachen
as Ossi
The Housing Shortage
as Frau
Amsterdam Artists from the Film 'Housing Shortage' on a Trip to Volendam
as Herself

The Doll
as Ossi, the Dollmaker’s Daughter / The Doll

The Oyster Princess
as Ossi, his daughter
The Swabian Maiden
as Lorle Schmied

My Wife, the Movie Star
as Ossi, der Filmstar der Fabrik

Meyer from Berlin

I Don't Want to Be a Man
as Ossi
The Ballet Girl
as Ossi, eine junge Tänzerin

The Toboggan Cavalier
as Ossi Hannemann

Prinz Sami
as Herzogin Maria

The Merry Jail
When Four Do the Same
as Segetoffs Tochter
Ossis Tagebuch
as Ossi
A Night of Horror
The Tenor, Inc.
as Sallys Cousin

Der Hilferuf

Pinkus's Shoe Palace
as Apprentice