Personal Info
Sybille Maria Christine Petersson
Sybille Schmitz
Acting
Biography
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress.
Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first attention from critics. Her other early movies include Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), Dreyer's Vampyr (1932), and eventually F.P.1 (1932), where she played her first leading role.
Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in German cinema with the films which followed;…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Dance with Death: The Ufa Star Sybille Schmitz
as Self (archive footage)
The House on the Coast
as Anna
Illusion in Moll
as Maria Alsbacher
Crown Jewels
as Eva Skeravenen
Sensation im Savoy
as Vera Gordon
Die Lüge
as Susanne Gruber
The Last Night
as Renée Meurier
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
as Nelly Dreifuss
Die Hochstaplerin
as Thea Varèn
Das Leben ruft
as Hella Warkentin