Sybill Morel
Sybil Morel , born in Betty Bertha Herz (born February 16, 1892 in Mannheim , † 1945 ) was a German actress .
Career
From 1914 she attended the acting school of the National Theater Mannheim and also took private acting lessons with Emil Milau. Her first engagement took her to the Stadttheater Chemnitz , after which she played at the Barnowsky Theaters in Berlin.
Sybil Morel began her film career shortly after the First World War ended . Although it has been a busy actress, she did not succeed, as so many other silent movie stars, their careers in the time of the sound film hinüberzuretten. In 1932 she stood in the title role of Rolf Raffé's unfinished film The Beggar Woman for the last time in front of the camera. In 1933 she published the novel "Liebe im Tonfilmatelier".
The Jew was banned from performing in the Third Reich. The Nazis deported them on October 29, 1941 with "Transport 3" from Berlin to the Litzmannstadt ghetto . By a legally valid decision of the Berlin-Charlottenburg District Court on February 17, 1960, the date of her death was set at the turn of the year 1945.
Sybil Morel was married to Ernst Gotthelft (1890–1975) from 1918 to 1935. When the Nazis came to power, he was administrative director and deputy director at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin.
Filmography
- 1919: opium
- 1919: Irene's misstep
- 1919: The Geisha and the Samurai
- 1919: The outlaws
- 1920: The man in the trap
- 1920: three nights
- 1920: The tragedy of a great one
- 1921: In the abyss of hatred
- 1921: The supper at midnight
- 1921: The novel by Christine von Herre
- 1921: What the skull tells
- 1921: The hero of the day
- 1921: ebb and flow
- 1921: The secret of the Sebastopol gambling den
- 1921: On the red cliff
- 1921: The night of horrors at Drachenegg Castle
- 1922: A beautiful woman's shoes
- 1923: The violinist king
- 1923: Maciste and the Chinese chest
- 1923: The vice of the game
- 1925: Ash Wednesday
- 1925: Unsealed lips
- 1925: Harry Hill's Hunt for Death (2 parts)
- 1925: The old ballroom (2 parts)
- 1926: The orphan of Lowood
- 1926: The Sunken
- 1927: The awakening of the woman
- 1927: The holy lie
- 1927: Petronella
- 1928: Old Fritz - 1st Peace
- 1928: When the mother and the daughter ...
- 1928: Under the lantern
- 1929: Angels in the Séparée
- 1929: Madame Lu, the woman for discreet advice
- 1929: Storm surge of love
- 1929: Once you give your heart away
- 1930: gimmicks of an empress
- 1932: The Beggaress of Paris (unfinished)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Birth certificate No. 426 from February 17, 1892, Mannheim City Archives.
- ↑ Book for Declarations of Death, Berlin, No. 16401/1960
- ^ The beggar of Paris and the English, in: "Film-Journal", No. 40, year 1932, p. 2.
- ↑ DNB 58076494X
- ↑ [1] yadvashem.org, there as Berta Gotthelft.
- ↑ official entry on the birth certificate, Mannheim City Archives.
- ↑ Source: Marriage Certificate No. 272, Register Office Berlin III, Landesarchiv Berlin.
- ^ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch: Theatergeschichtliches Jahr- und Adressbuch 1933, p. 276.
Web links
- Sybill Morel at filmportal.de
- Sybill Morel at The German Early Cinema Database
- Sybill Morel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Images by Sybill Morel In: Virtual History
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morel, Sybill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herz, Betty Bertha (maiden name); Gotthelft-Morel, Bertha; Gotthelft, Berta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1945 |