Maly Delschaft
Martha Amalia "Maly" Delschaft (4 December 1898 – 20 August 1995) was a German stage and film actress. After beginning in theatre, Delschaft switched to silent films. She appeared in mainly supporting roles during the Weimar and Nazi eras.
Maly Delschaft

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- Name
- Maly Delschaft
- Born
- 4 December 1898
- Birthplace
- Hamburg, German Empire
- Died
- 20 August 1995
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Birth Name
- Martha Amalia Delschaft
- Occupation
- Film actress Stage actress
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- German Film Award
- Languages
- German
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Martha Amalia "Maly" Delschaft (4 December 1898 – 20 August 1995) was a German stage and film actress. After beginning in theatre, Delschaft switched to silent films. She appeared in mainly supporting roles during the Weimar and Nazi eras.
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After the Second World War she worked in East Germany for the state-controlled studio DEFA.

Memorial plaque, Maly Delschaft, Kaiserdamm 89, Berlin-Westend, Germany
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• Name — Maly Delschaft • Born — 4 December 1898 • Birthplace — Hamburg, German Empire • Died — 20 August 1995 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Birth Name — Martha Amalia Delschaft • Other Names — Amalie Köster-Delschaft • Occupation — Film actress Stage actress • Years Active — 1921–1961
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Illustration — A plaque in Berlin commemorating Delschaft. • Danton (1921) • The Lady and Her Hairdresser (1922) • Dudu, a Human Destiny (1924) • The Last Laugh (1924) • When I Came Back (1925) • Cock of the Roost (1925) • Variety (1925) • The Man on the Comet (1925) • The Iron Bride (1925) • Three Waiting Maids (1925) • Rags and Silk (1925) • Den of Iniquity (1925) • If You Have an Aunt (1925) • Anne-Liese of Dessau (1925) • When I Came Back (1926) • The Man Without Sleep (1926) • The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin (1926) • The White Horse Inn (1926) • The Woman's Crusade (1926) • The Ones Down There (1926) • Hunted People (1926) • Linden Lady on the Rhine (1927) • The Curse of Vererbung (1927) • The Right to Live (1927) • Excluded from the Public (1927) • Caught in Berlin's Underworld (1927) • The Ways of Love Are Strange (1927) • Casanova's Legacy (1928) • Master and Mistress (1928) • The Fate of the House of Habsburg (1928) • Sixteen Daughters and No Father (1928) • The Right of the Unborn (1929) • Eros in Chains (1929) • The Chaste Coquette (1929) • Andreas Hofer (1929) • Echo of a Dream (1930) • Duty Is Duty (1931) • My Wife, the Impostor (1931) • Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete (1931) • William Tell (1934) • The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935) • Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! (1935) • Paradies der Junggesellen (1939) • Bachelor's Paradise (1939) • With the Eyes of a Woman (1942) • The Golden Spider (1943) • The Big Number (1943) • Blum Affair (1948) • Familie Benthin (1950) • Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute (1950) • The Sonnenbrucks (1951) • Anna Susanna (1953) • Before God and Man (1955) • Alibi (1955) • I Was an Ugly Girl (1955) • Thomas Müntzer (1956) • Widower with Five Daughters (1957) • Man in the River (1958) • The Csardas King (1958) • My Wife Makes Music (1958) • Emilia Galotti (1958) • No Trouble with Cleopatra (1960) • Two Among Millions (1961)
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- 1.Quelle: Geburtsurkunde Nr. 3408, Standesamt Hamburg 21, Staatsarchiv Hamburg.
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