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Dorothea Wieck
Actor
Died February 20, 1986 (78 years)
Dorothea Wieck, born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck (3 January 1908 in Davos, Switzerland – 20 February 1986 in Berlin, West Germany), was a German theatre and film actress.
Wieck launched her acting career on stage in 1924 and made her screen debut in German films in 1926, appearing in several silent films. She became widely known through her leading role in the 1931 film Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform). Her American film debut came in Cradle Song (1933).
Wieck appeared in around 50 films and played on the stages of many large theatres, notably at the Deutsches Theater and the Schillertheater, Berlin. She also worked as a theatre director. After World War II, she appeared in films only in supporting roles, and she withdrew from films almost entirely in the early 1960s. In 1973, Wieck received the Film Ribbon in Gold of the Deutscher Filmpreis for long and outstanding achievements in German film.
Wieck launched her acting career on stage in 1924 and made her screen debut in German films in 1926, appearing in several silent films. She became widely known through her leading role in the 1931 film Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform). Her American film debut came in Cradle Song (1933).
Wieck appeared in around 50 films and played on the stages of many large theatres, notably at the Deutsches Theater and the Schillertheater, Berlin. She also worked as a theatre director. After World War II, she appeared in films only in supporting roles, and she withdrew from films almost entirely in the early 1960s. In 1973, Wieck received the Film Ribbon in Gold of the Deutscher Filmpreis for long and outstanding achievements in German film.
Filmography
| 1969 | The Commissioner (TV Series) · as Frau Born |
| 1962 | Jedermannstraße 11 (TV Series) · as Frau Schirmmeier |
| 1962 | Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt · as Oberin |
| 1960 | Brainwashed · as Countess (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Grand Hotel · as Suzanne |
| 1958 | A Time to Love and a Time to Die · as Frau Lieser |
| 1956 | Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter · as Großfürstin Olga Romanow |
| 1955 | Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen · as Frau Berndorff |
| 1955 | Operation Sleeping Bag · as Frau Gravenhorst |
| 1954 | Der Froschkönig · as Fürstin Taun |
| 1954 | Der Mann meines Lebens · as Schwester Brigitte |
| 1953 | Man on a Tightrope · as Duchess |
| 1952 | The Unholy Intruders · as Subprioress |
| 1952 | No Greater Love · as Therese Von Gobat |
| 1950 | City in the Fog · as Mrs. Berling |
| 1942 | Andreas Schlüter · as Kurfürstin Charlotte |
| 1941 | Kopf hoch, Johannes! · as Julieta Merck |
| 1937 | The Yellow Flag · as Krankenschwester Dolores |
| 1936 | Die unmögliche Frau · as Ileana Manescu |
| 1935 | Der Student von Prag · as Julia Stella, Opernsängerin |
| 1934 | Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen · as Miss Madeline Fane |
| 1933 | Anna and Elizabeth · as Elisabeth, Gutsherrin Von Salis |
| 1932 | Countess Mariza · as Gräfin Mariza |
| 1931 | Mädchen in Uniform · as Miss Von Bernburg |