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Edgar Pauly
1880 - 1951 |
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. The actor Edgar Pauly began his professional career at the railway before he decided to become an actor. He made his stage debut in 1905 in Giessen, it followed other engagements in smaller German cities. He came to Berlin in 1919 where he soon gained a foothold in the film business to. He time and again worked together with the director Fritz Lang. His first movie was "Das Bild der Geliebten" (16) and from 1919 he became a demanded support actor. To his well-known silent movies belong "Die Spinnen" (19), "Vier um die Frau" (21), "Der müde Tod" (21), "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (22), "Der falsche Prinz" (27) and "Frau im Mond" (29). He continued his film career in the sound film era of the 30s and he took part in the productions "Troika" (30), "Ihre Hoheit befiehlt" (31), "M" (31), "Der tolle Bomberg" (32), "Barcarole" (35), "Zu neuen Ufern" (37) and "Salonwagen E 417" (39). He continued to work in front of the camera during and after World War II, among them "Der grosse Schatten" (42), "Titanic" (43), "Opfergang" (44), "Berliner Ballade" (48), "Semmelweis - Retter der Mütter" (50) and "Der Untertan" (51). Edgar Pauly died after a performance at the theater in his wardrobe because of a cardiac arrest. Edgar Pauly was married with the actress Anneliese Würtz.
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