Maria Orska

Biography

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

Die schwarze Loo
Die schwarze Loo
Dämon und Mensch
Dämon und Mensch
Die Bestie im Menschen
Die Bestie im Menschen

Filmography

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