Acting
Sybille Schmitz
- Born
- Dec 2, 1909 · Aged 45
- Died
- Apr 13, 1955
- Place of birth
- Düren, Germany
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 41
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (1)
- Sybille Maria Christine Petersson
Biography
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first attention from critics. Her other early movies include Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), Dreyer's Vampyr (1932), and eventually F.P.1 (1932), where she played her first leading role. Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in German cinema with the films which…
