Betty Amann

Betty Amann , actually Philippine Amann , (born March 10, 1907 in Pirmasens , † August 3, 1990 in Danbury , Connecticut ) was a German-American actress .

Betty Amann (around 1930)

Betty Amann in the film Asphalt , Dutch Nationaal Archief

Life

Born in 1907 in Pirmasens, Betty Amann grew up mainly in the USA from 1908 on. There she began her acting career in 1926 with the film The Kick-Off . In 1928 she returned to Germany and played alongside Gustav Fröhlich the main female role in Asphalt under the director Joe May , who discovered her for German films together with producer Erich Pommer . With the start of the sound film , she continued to shoot in Germany, including the crime thriller Hans in allen Gassen by Carl Froelich with Hans Albers .

From 1931 Amann also worked in England . Alfred Hitchcock hired her for his feature film We're rich at last . She had one of her last appearances in German film in 1933 in tow tractor M 17 with Heinrich George . After the National Socialists came to power , she received no more offers due to her Jewish origins, so she emigrated to the USA in 1937. There she could not build on her earlier successes. Her last role was in Edgar G. Ulmer's Isle of Forgotten Sins in 1943 .

In 1987, Betty Amann received the gold film tape for many years of outstanding work in German film. She died in 1990 at the age of 83. She was married to David B. Stillman.

Filmography

1926: The Kick-Off (Direction: Wesley Ruggles )
1928: The Trail of the Horse Thieves (Director: Robert De Lacey)
1929: Asphalt (Director: Joe May )
1929: The convict from Stambul (Director: Gustav Ucicky )
1930: The White Devil (Director: Alexander Volkov )
1930: Dangerous Romance (Direction: Michal Wászynski)
1930: The Great Longing (appearance, director: István Székely )
1930: O old lad glory (director: Rolf Randolf )
1930: Hans in allen Gassen (Director: Carl Froelich )
1931: The Song of Nations (Direction: Rudolf Meinert )
1931: The Perfect Lady (Directed by Frederick J. Jackson and Milton Rosmer)
1931: We're Rich at Last ( Rich and Strange , directed by Alfred Hitchcock )

1931: Strictly Business (Directed by Jacqueline Logan and Mary Field)

1932: Pajamas Preferred (Direction: Val Valentine)

1933: Daughters of Today (Direction: FW Kraemer)

1933: The Great Bluff (Direction: Georg Jacoby )

1933: The Little Swindler (Director: Johannes Meyer )

1933: Tow tractor M 17 (directed by Heinrich George and Werner Hochbaum )

1933: Strictly in Confidence (Director: Clyde Cook)

1938: In Old Mexico (Director: Edward D. Venturini)

1939: Nancy Drew ... Reporter (Director: William Clemens )

1943: Isle of Forgotten Sins (Direction: Edgar G. Ulmer )

Web links

Betty Amann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Betty Amann at filmportal.de
Pictures by Betty Amann In: Virtual History
Literature by and about Betty Amann in the catalog of the German National Library

Remarks

↑ Exact year of birth verified and published in Kay Less : 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. P. 72, ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011
↑ Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 72.

personal data
SURNAME	Amann, Betty
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-American actress
DATE OF BIRTH	March 10, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pirmasens
DATE OF DEATH	3rd August 1990
Place of death	Danbury , Connecticut

[1] Exact year of birth verified and published in Kay Less : 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. P. 72, ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011

[2] Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 72.