Lil Dagover
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 29, 1887
- Died
- January 23, 1980
- Birthplace
- Madioen, Madioen, Dutch East Indies [now Madiun, East Java, Indonesia]
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.
Filmography
100 Years of the UFA 2017
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Tales from the Vienna Woods 1979
as Helene
The Standard 1977
as Erzherzogin
- Die Teufelsbraut
Die Teufelsbraut 1977
Actor
End of the Game 1975
as Gastmann's Mother
- Memento Mori
Memento Mori 1975
as Charmian Colston
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt 1973
as Self
The Pedestrian 1973
as Frau Eschenlohr
- Glückspilze
Glückspilze 1971
Actor
- Kolibri
Kolibri 1971
as Anna Maria Hansen
- Paradies der alten Damen
Paradies der alten Damen 1971
as Leonore Feller
Professor Sound und die Pille 1971
as Seine Frau
Hotel Royal 1969
as Maharani von Dungapur
- Unwiederbringlich
Unwiederbringlich 1968
as Prinzessin Maria Eleonore
- Lösegeld für Mylady
Lösegeld für Mylady 1967
as Lady Cherfield / Mrs. Flowers
- Siedlung Arkadien
Siedlung Arkadien 1967
as Frau Assmann
- Reisender ohne Gepäck
Reisender ohne Gepäck 1963
as Herzogin
The Strange Countess 1961
as Gräfin / Lady Leonora Moron
- Der Mann von draußen
Der Mann von draußen 1961
as Mrs.Gillis
Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil 1959
as Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil 1959
as Elisabeth Buddenbrook
- Trees die upright
Trees die upright 1958
as Großmutter
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I) 1957
as Ella misma (material de archivo)
Unter Palmen am blauen Meer 1957
as Contessa Celestina Morini
Meine 16 Söhne 1956
as Frau Senator Giselius
Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe 1956
as Kaiserin Elisabeth
Die Barrings 1955
as Thilde von Barring
Rosen im Herbst 1955
as Mutter Briest
Der Fischer vom Heiligensee 1955
as Baronin Hermine von Velden
- Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe
Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe 1955
as Alice Lechaudier
Hubertus Castle 1954
as Baronin Gundi Kleesberg
Königliche Hoheit 1953
as Gräfin Löwenjoul
Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine 1953
as Gräfin Waldenberg
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee 1952
as Lamberta
Chased by the Devil 1950
as Frau Dakar
- Es kommt ein Tag
Es kommt ein Tag 1950
as Madame Mombour
Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe 1949
as Florentine Alvensleben
- Die Söhne des Herrn Gaspary
Die Söhne des Herrn Gaspary 1948
as Margot von Korff
Musik in Salzburg 1944
as Ursula Sanden
- Vienna 1910
Vienna 1910 1943
as Maria Anschütz
The Little Residence 1942
as Herzogin von Lauffenburg
Bismarck 1940
as Eugénie
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius 1940
as Gräfin Franziska von Hohenheim
- Die Räuber
Die Räuber 1940
Actor
Streit um den Knaben Jo 1939
as Leonine Brackwieser
- Detours to Happiness
Detours to Happiness 1939
as Hanna Bracht
Maja zwischen zwei Ehen 1938
as Maja
- Triad
Triad 1938
as Cornelia Contarini
The Stars Shine 1938
as Gast
Rätsel um Beate 1938
as Beate Kaiserling
- The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata 1937
as Jelaina Posdnyschew
Fridericus 1937
as Marquise de Pompadour
The Final Chord 1936
as Charlotte Garvenberg, seine Frau
- August der Starke
August der Starke 1936
as Gräfin Aurore Königsmark
The Girl Irene 1936
as Jennifer Lawrence
The Higher Command 1935
as Madame Martin
Lady Windermeres Fächer 1935
as Mrs. Erlynne
The Bird Seller 1935
as Die Kurfürstin
Ich heirate meine Frau 1934
as Lisa Behmer
A Woman Who Knows What She Wants 1934
as Manon Cavallini
The Fugitive from Chicago 1934
as Eveline
Johannisnacht 1933
as Lisa Lers
Married by the Stork 1932
as Thea Roland
Barbarina, the King's Dancer 1932
as Barberina Campanini
The Woman from Monte Carlo 1932
as Lottie Corlaix
Madame Bluebeard 1931
as Frau Erika Dankwarth
Congress Dances 1931
as Komtesse
Elisabeth of Austria 1931
as Elisabeth von Österreich
The Case of Colonel Redl 1931
as Vera Nikolayevna
Boycott 1930
as Frau von Generaldirektor Haller
Old Song 1930
as Baronin Eggedy
Va Banque 1930
as Harriet Williams
The Great Desire 1930
as Herself
The Second Kiss 1930
as Empress Marie Theresa
There is a woman who will never forget you 1930
as Tilly Ferrantes
- The White Devil
The White Devil 1930
as Nelidowa
The Ring of the Empress 1930
as Catherine the Great
- Es flüstert die Nacht
Es flüstert die Nacht 1929
Actor
Monte Cristo 1929
as Mercédès / Comtesse de Morcerf
Die Ehe 1929
Actor
La Grande Passion 1928
as Sonia de Blich
The Secret Courier 1928
as Mme. Thérèse de Renal
The Maelstrom of Paris 1928
Actor
Hungarian Rhapsody 1928
as Camilla
Orientexpress 1927
as Beate von Morton
Der Anwalt des Herzens 1927
as June Orchard
His English Wife 1927
as Cathleen Paget
Only a Dancing Girl 1926
as Marie Berner
- Der Veilchenfresser
Der Veilchenfresser 1926
as Melitta von Arthof
Love Is Blind 1926
Actor
- Two Brothers
Two Brothers 1926
as Esther
Tartuffe 1926
as Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
- Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin 1925
as Toni
The Chronicles of the Gray House 1925
as Bärbe
Comedy of the Heart 1924
as Gerda Werska
His Wife, the Unknown 1923
as Eva
Die Prinzessin Suwarin 1923
as Tina Bermonte
- Tiefland
Tiefland 1923
as Martha
Phantom 1922
as Marie Starke
Luise Millerin 1922
Actor
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler 1922
as (uncredited)
The Death in the Greenstreet 1921
Actor
Destiny 1921
as Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
- Toteninsel
Toteninsel 1921
Actor
Das Geheimnis von Bombay 1921
as Gabriela Farnese/Concha
- Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 3. Teil: Der Mann im Dunkel
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 3. Teil: Der Mann im Dunkel 1921
as Malatti
Die Kwannon von Okadera 1920
as Kwannon von Okadera
Das Blut der Ahnen 1920
Actor
The Mayor of Zalamea 1920
as Isabel
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 1. Teil 1920
as Malatti
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt 1920
as Malatti
- Die Frau im Himmel
Die Frau im Himmel 1920
as Tatjana
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920
as Jane
Spiritismus 1919
Actor
Harakiri 1919
as O-Take-San
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea 1919
as Sun Priestess Naela
The Dancer 1919
as Andreas Mother
- Die Rache ist mein
Die Rache ist mein 1919
Actor
- Bettler GmbH
Bettler GmbH 1919
Actor
Phantome des Lebens 1919
Actor
Clown Charly 1918
Actor
- Der Volontär
Der Volontär 1918
Actor
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