Maria Matray
German actress and screenwriter

Maria Matray

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German actress and screenwriter
Gender:
Female
Places:
GermanyUnited States of America
Is:
DancerActorScreenwriterWriterChoreographer
Work field:
DancingFilm, TV, Stage & RadioLiterature
Birth:
14 July 1907(Niederschönhausen, Pankow, Berlin, Germany)
Death:
30 October 1993(Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Ernst Matray
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Maria Matray (July 14, 1907 – October 30, 1993) was a German screenwriter and film actress. Matray became a star of late Weimar cinema. Following the Nazi takeover in 1933, the Jewish Matray went into exile – initially in France and Britain before moving on the United States. She developed a new career as a choreographer and writer. She later returned to Germany post-Second World War, where she died in 1993.

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Actress

  • The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
  • Inherited Passions (1929)
  • The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
  • Never Trust a Woman (1930)
  • Retreat on the Rhine (1930)
  • Elisabeth of Austria (1931)
  • Road to Rio (1931)
  • The Sorceror (1932)
  • A Man with Heart (1933)

Screenwriter

  • Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
  • The Night of the Storm (1957)
  • The Night Before the Premiere (1959)
  • The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)
  • Maximilian von Mexiko (1970, TV series)