Foto: Rudolf Dührkopp (1848-1918)

1889 - 1968

She soon became established on stage in the next years and it also followed performances abroad like in Sweden and Norway.

As a member of the "Deutsches Theater" of Max Reinhardt she remained active till 1918. 

The film business as well spotted her screen presence soon and Lyda Salmonova made her film debut in 1913 with the productions "Die ideale Gattin" (13) and "Der Student von Prag" (13) at her husband's side, the legendary Paul Wegener. They got married in the same year, their marriage lasted till 1924.

She appeared in numerous movies together with Paul Wegener in the next years, among them classics like "Evinrude" (14), "Der Golem" (15), "Rübezahls Hochzeit" (16), "Der Yoghi" (16), "Der Golem und die Tänzerin" (17), "Hans Trutz im Schalraffenland" (17), "Apokalypse" (18), "Der Rattenfänger von Hameln" (18) and "Der Galeerensträfling" (19).

In the 20s came more movies into being with her husband, beside it she also acted for other directors in front of the camera. 
To her well-known productions of those years belong "Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam" (20), "Steuermann Holk" (20), "Der verlorene Schatten" (21), "Brennendes Land" (21), "Das Weib des Pharao" (22), "Lucrezia Borgia" (22), "Monna Vanna" (22) and "S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen" (23).

Afterwards Lyda Salmonova retired from the film business and worked as an acting teacher for the UFA. Later she founded her own acting school called "Schauspielstudio Lyda Wegener".
From time to time she played at the theater again, the last time at the beginning of the 30s.

When she was bombed out several times in 1945 she returned to Prague where she died in 1968.
 

Other movies with Lyda Salvonova:
Der Verführte (13) Die Löwenbraut (14) Kadra Sâfa (14) Der Schatz des Abdar Rahman (14) Die Rache des Blutes (15) Peter Lump (16) Der fremde Fürst (18) Gegen den Bruderkrieg (19) Malaria (19) Der fliegende Tod (20) Die Tänzerin Barberina (20) Die Diamantenkonkurrenz (21) Der Wahn des Philipp Morris (21) Irrende Seelen (21) Jenseits des Stromes (22) Herzog Ferrantes Ende (22) Das Liebesnest (22)