About

Known credits:
4
Birthday:
1893-03-16
Place of birth:
Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mykolaiv, Ukraine]
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Maria Orska

Overview

Maria Orska, born Effi Rachel Blindermann, was a Russian/German stage and screen actress. Just before World War I she moved to Wien, Hamburg and Berlin in 1915. She spoke fluently German, French, Italian, Russian and Polish. In Berlin, she worked with Rudolf Bernauer in the Hebbel Theater, Max Reinhardt and was famous for her parts in theater plays by Strindberg, Wedekind and Pirandello. Maria Orska's film debut was in "Dämon und Mensch" (1915) produced by Jules Greenbaum.

an important actress of the German theater and cinema in the 1920s.

Known for

Acting

1921 Die Bestie im Menschen Actor N/A
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1917 Die schwarze Loo Actor Gypsy dancer Loo 59
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1916 Adamants letztes Rennen Actor Eva/ Christine Wendeborg N/A
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1915 Dämon und Mensch Actor Lina N/A
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