
Person
Sybille Schmitz
Acting · 1909–1955 · 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

Accident
1928

Ferryman Maria
Maria

Top Sergeant Schwenke
Erna Zuwade, Stütze bei Wenkstern

Titanic
Sigrid Olinsky

Vampyr
Léone

Die Umwege des schönen Karl
Lu Donon - Tochter

Diary of a Lost Girl
Elisabeth

F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Claire Lennartz
Life Calls
Hella Warkentin
Die fremde Frau
1939
Filmography
- 2000Dance with Death: The Ufa Star Sybille SchmitzSelf (archive footage)
- 1954The House on the CoastAnna
- 1952Illusion in MollMaria Alsbacher
- 1950Crown JewelsEva Skeravenen
- 1950Sensation im SavoyVera Gordon
- 1950Die LügeSusanne Gruber
- 1949The Last NightRenée Meurier
- 1947Between Yesterday and TomorrowNelly Dreifuss
- 1944Life CallsHella Warkentin
- 1944The ImpostorThea Varèn
- 1943TitanicSigrid Olinsky
- 1942Vom Schicksal verwehtDr. Virginia Larsen
- 1941Wetterleuchten um BarbaraBarbara Stammer
- 1941ClarissaClarissa von Reckwitz
- 1940Trenck, der PandurPrinzessin Deinartstein
- 1939Die fremde Frau
- 1939Die Frau ohne VergangenheitEva
- 1939Hotel SacherNadja Woroneff
- 1938Tanz auf dem VulkanGräfin Héloise Cambouilly
- 1938The Stars ShineGast
- 1938Die Umwege des schönen KarlLu Donon - Tochter
- 1937Signal in der NachtBrigitte von Schachen
- 1937Die KronzeuginJelena Rakowska
- 1936The UnknownMadeleine
- 1936Die Leuchter des KaisersAnna Demidow
- 1936Ferryman MariaMaria
- 1935I Was Jack MortimerWinifred Montemayor
- 1935If It Were Not for MusicIlonka Badacz
- 1935An Ideal HusbandGloria Cheveley
- 1935StradivariMaria Belloni
- 1935Punks kommt aus AmerikaBritta Geistenberg
- 1935Top Sergeant SchwenkeErna Zuwade, Stütze bei Wenkstern
- 1934Farewell WaltzGeorge Sand
- 1934Master of the WorldVilma, seine Frau
- 1934Music in the BloodCarola, seine Nichte
- 1934Rivalen der LuftSportfliegerin Lisa Holm
- 1932F.P.1 Doesn't AnswerClaire Lennartz
- 1932VampyrLéone
- 1929Diary of a Lost GirlElisabeth
- 1928Freie Fahrt
- 1928Accident
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