Maria Matray
German actress and screenwriter
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| Intro | German actress and screenwriter | ||
| Places | Germany United States of America | ||
| was | Dancer Actor Screenwriter Writer Choreographer | ||
| Work field | Dancing Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature | ||
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| Birth | 14 July 1907, Niederschönhausen, Pankow, Berlin, Germany | ||
| Death | 30 October 1993Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany (aged 86 years) | ||
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Biography
Maria Matray (July 14, 1907 – October 30, 1993) was a German screenwriter and film actress. Matray became a star of late Weimar cinema. Following the Nazi takeover in 1933, the Jewish Matray went into exile – initially in France and Britain before moving on the United States. She developed a new career as a choreographer and writer. She later returned to Germany post-Second World War, where she died in 1993.
Selected filmopgraphy
Actress
- The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
- Inherited Passions (1929)
- The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
- Never Trust a Woman (1930)
- Retreat on the Rhine (1930)
- Elisabeth of Austria (1931)
- Road to Rio (1931)
- The Sorceror (1932)
- A Man with Heart (1933)
Screenwriter
- Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
- The Night of the Storm (1957)
- The Night Before the Premiere (1959)
- The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)
- Maximilian von Mexiko (1970, TV series)