Lil Dagover
Actor · 1887–1980 · Madioen, Madioen, Dutch East Indies [now Madiun, East Java, Indonesia]
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A prominent German film actress born on 30 September 1887 at Madiven, Java, the daughter of a forest ranger in the service of the Dutch authorities. Sent at the age of ten to Baden-Baden to study, she later entered the cinema thanks to her marriage in 1917 to the actor Fritz Dagover who was 25 years her senior. They divorced in 1919 but not before he had introduced her to director Robert Wiene and other notables of German cinema. She made her screen debut in Fritz Lang's Harakiri (1919). Immediately after she appeared in Wiene's classic expressionist film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (aka The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)). Apart from three trips -- one to Sweden in 1927, another to France in 1928-9 and one to Hollywood in 1931 -- most of Lil Dagover's career and fate was linked to that of the German cinema, where her role was usually that of the frail, menaced heroine. She continued to star in a great number of films during the Nazi era. Among her best performances were her roles in Congress Dances (1931), in Gerhard Lamprecht's The Higher Command (1935) and in Veit Harlan's The Kreutzer Sonata (1937). She also acted in the Deutsches Theatre Berlin, the Salzburg Festival, at forces shows and at war theaters. At one time, she was reported to have been a close friend of Adolf Hitler. In 1944, she received the War Merits Cross. Dagover continued her career in post-war Germany, playing many supporting parts until the late 1970s.
Acted in 89
1990s
- 1995
Otto – The Series
Verschiedene · 13 episodes
1970s
- 1979
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Helene
- 1977
The Standard
Erzherzogin
- 1975
End of the Game
Gastmann's Mother
- 1973
The Pedestrian
Frau Eschenlohr
- 1971
Professor Sound und die Pille
Seine Frau
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Hotel Royal
Maharani von Dungapur
- 1961
1950s
- 1959
Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil
Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil
Elisabeth Buddenbrook
- 1957
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
Ella misma (material de archivo)
Unter Palmen am blauen Meer
Contessa Celestina Morini
- 1956
Meine 16 Söhne
Frau Senator Giselius
Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe
Kaiserin Elisabeth
- 1955
Die Barrings
Thilde von Barring
Rosen im Herbst
Mutter Briest
Der Fischer vom Heiligensee
Baronin Hermine von Velden
- 1954
Hubertus Castle
Baronin Gundi Kleesberg
- 1953
Königliche Hoheit
Gräfin Löwenjoul
Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine
Gräfin Waldenberg
- 1952
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
Lamberta
- 1950
Chased by the Devil
Frau Dakar
1940s
- 1949
Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe
Florentine Alvensleben
- 1944
Musik in Salzburg
Ursula Sanden
- 1942
The Little Residence
Herzogin von Lauffenburg
- 1940
Bismarck
Eugénie
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius
Gräfin Franziska von Hohenheim
1930s
- 1939
Streit um den Knaben Jo
Leonine Brackwieser
- 1938
Maja zwischen zwei Ehen
Maja
The Stars Shine
Gast
Rätsel um Beate
Beate Kaiserling
- 1937
- 1936
The Final Chord
Charlotte Garvenberg, seine Frau
The Girl Irene
Jennifer Lawrence
- 1935
The Higher Command
Madame Martin
Lady Windermeres Fächer
Mrs. Erlynne
- 1934
Ich heirate meine Frau
Lisa Behmer
A Woman Who Knows What She Wants
Manon Cavallini
The Fugitive from Chicago
Eveline
- 1933
Johannisnacht
Lisa Lers
- 1932
Married by the Stork
Thea Roland
Barbarina, the King's Dancer
Barberina Campanini
The Woman from Monte Carlo
Lottie Corlaix
- 1931
Madame Bluebeard
Frau Erika Dankwarth
Congress Dances
Komtesse
Elisabeth of Austria
Elisabeth von Österreich
The Case of Colonel Redl
Vera Nikolayevna
- 1930
Boycott
Frau von Generaldirektor Haller
Old Song
Baronin Eggedy
Va Banque
Harriet Williams
The Second Kiss
Empress Marie Theresa
There is a woman who will never forget you
Tilly Ferrantes
The Ring of the Empress
Catherine the Great
1920s
- 1929
Monte Cristo
Mercédès / Comtesse de Morcerf
Die Ehe
Movie
- 1928
La Grande Passion
Sonia de Blich
The Secret Courier
Mme. Thérèse de Renal
The Maelstrom of Paris
Movie
Hungarian Rhapsody
Camilla
- 1927
Orientexpress
Beate von Morton
Der Anwalt des Herzens
June Orchard
His English Wife
Cathleen Paget
- 1926
Only a Dancing Girl
Marie Berner
Love Is Blind
Movie
Tartuffe
Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
- 1925
The Chronicles of the Gray House
Bärbe
- 1924
Comedy of the Heart
Gerda Werska
- 1923
His Wife, the Unknown
Eva
Die Prinzessin Suwarin
Tina Bermonte
- 1922
Phantom
Marie Starke
Luise Millerin
Movie
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
(uncredited)
- 1921
The Death in the Greenstreet
Movie
Destiny
Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
Das Geheimnis von Bombay
Gabriela Farnese/Concha
- 1920
Die Kwannon von Okadera
Kwannon von Okadera
Das Blut der Ahnen
Movie
The Mayor of Zalamea
Isabel
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt
Malatti
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 1. Teil
Malatti
1910s
- 1919
Spiritismus
Movie
Harakiri
O-Take-San
The Dancer
Andreas Mother
Phantome des Lebens
Movie
- 1918
Clown Charly
Movie
Appearances4
2010s
- 2017
100 Years of the UFA
Self - Actress (archive footage)
1970s
- 1973
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Self
1940s
- 1948
1930s
- 1930
The Great Desire
Herself