Ossi Oswalda

Biography

Ossi Oswalda was a German actress born on February 2, 1897, who rose to fame in the silent film era as "The German Mary Pickford" due to her popularity and eccentric character roles. She trained as a ballerina before being discovered by Hanns Kräly, leading to collaborations with Ernst Lubitsch and starring in films like The Merry Jail, I Don't Want to Be a Man, and The Doll. Her career waned with the advent of sound films, and she later became a stage actor before her untimely death in 1947 at the age of 50.