Manny Ziener

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Manny Ziener on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Amanda "Manny" Ziener (born October 5, 1887 in Berlin , German Empire , † May 4, 1972 in Berlin, Germany ) was a German actress .

Life

The wife of the actor Bruno Ziener has been on the Berlin stages since 1910 and has also been a film actress since 1912. On stage and in film, she mainly played in comedies and mimed somewhat rough young women in supporting roles. At the Volksbühne she was seen more often as a cabaret artist.

In the 20s Manny Ziener was exclusively a stage actress , but in the 30s she returned to the screen as a supporting actress. In My Friend Barbara (1937), she embodied the mother of the leading actress Grethe Weiser . Ziener also worked for the radio.

Filmography

Radio plays

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Birth and death dates according to Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . Filmportal.de gives "1893" as the date of birth. Filmportal.de and IMDb name “1971” as the date of death.