Wera Engels
Wera Engels
Person

Wera Engels

Actor 1909-05-12 Kiel, Germany

Wera Engels was a daughter of a German Admiral and Governor of the then German colony Tsing-tau-China. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, Engels was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as a cheap alternative to Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. She was contracted with RKO. Engels was given roles under Walter Futter and M.H. Hoffman. She and the silent movie super star Mary Pickford became best friends. By 1935 she returne...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Ringer

The Ringer

1932 · Cora Ann Milton

Scent of the Woman in Black

Scent of the Woman in Black

1931 · Edith Rance

Talking About Jacqueline

Talking About Jacqueline

1937 · Jacqueline Topelius

Hong Kong Nights

Hong Kong Nights

1935 · Trina Vidor

The Great Impersonation

The Great Impersonation

1935 · Princess Stephanie Elderstrom

Fugitive Road

Fugitive Road

1934 · Sonya Valinoff

The Copper

The Copper

1930 · Mabel

Together We Live

Together We Live

1935 · Sonia

Fighting the White Slave Traffic

Fighting the White Slave Traffic

1927 · Irene Wendtland

The Girl from Spree Woods

The Girl from Spree Woods

1928 · Movie

Lützow's Wild Hunt

Lützow's Wild Hunt

1927 · Movie

The Great Jasper

The Great Jasper

1933 · Norma McGowd

English as it is spoken

English as it is spoken

1931 · Movie

Stjenka Rasin

Stjenka Rasin

1936 · Prinzessin Dolgoruki

Befehl zur Ehe

Befehl zur Ehe

1928 · Movie

Sweepstake Annie

1935 · Baroness Yvonne Baritska

Lucky children

1931 · Movie

Hast Du geliebt am schönen Rhein?

1927 · Ellen Shiffer