Anita Dorothea Schmidt Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Anita Dorris was born on December 21, 1903 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany as Anita Dorothea Schmidt. She was an actress, known for Liebeshandel (1927), Die Dame auf der Banknote (1929) and Frau Sopherl vom Naschmarkt (1926). She was married to E.W. Emo. She died on December 24, 1993 in Vienna, Austria.
Her career in the film business came more by accident into being. She acted for a friendly cameraman in front of his camera because he applied for a job by Friedrich Zelnik with a sample of his skill. But Zelnik didn't pay attention to the sample of the cameraman but was enthusiastic about the acting Anita Schmidt. Eventually he engaged her for his movie "Die Mühle von Sanssouci" (1926), Anita Schmidt changed her name and was called Anita Dorris from now on.
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Her promising career ended abrupt when she got married with director E.W. Emo (1898-1975) and retired from film business at his request.
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Although she never got acting lessons she was able to expand her abilities in the next years and got rapidly more positive criticisms.
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The sound film wasn't a problem for the stage experienced voice of Anita Dorris.
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Because of her acquaintance with Anton Kohl she got her first engagement at the Stadttheater Eger.
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German leading lady of the 1920's, best remembered as Trilby in the Terra-Filmkunst production of Svengali (1927). A printer's daughter, she began on stage in 1921 as Anita Dorothea Schmidt. She changed her name to Anita Dorris in 1926 after making her debut in motion pictures. After a mere five years, she retired from the screen at the request of her director-husband, E.W. Emo.
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Mother of actress Maria Emo.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Student Life in Merry Springtime
1931
Lisbeth - seine Schwester
Mach' mir die Welt zum Paradies
1930
Isabell Keller
Nur Du
1930
Lilly, his daughter
Handsome Gigolo, Poor Gigolo
1930
Olivia Riedl
Goethe's Jugendgeliebte
1930
Sturm auf drei Herzen
1930
Alimente
1930
Anna Gerlach
Das Mädel aus der Provinz
1929
Steffi von der Heydt / Marikke Klotz
Mein Traum wär ein Mädel
1929
Short
Eros in Ketten
1929
Maria, seine Tochter
Die Dame auf der Banknote
1929
Hinter Klostermauern
1928
Ihre Tochter
Ehre deine Mutter
1928
Erna - die Nichte
Die Sache mit Schorrsiegel
1928
Doortje, Pflegetochter de Geers
Königin Luise, 2. Teil
1928
Friederike von Mecklenberg - Prinzessin Solms
Bigamie
1927
Elise
Svengali
1927
Trilby
Königin Luise, 1. Teil - Die Jugend der Königin Luise