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Born: 7 January 1890 Died: 15 October 1960
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The Beauty of Silence
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Silent Actresses
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Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955.
She was one of the few German actress of the era to enter film without having stage experiences. Many of her earlier films were directed by her husband Kurt Stark, who died on the Western Front in 1916.
In 1921, she remarried, to Wilheim von Kaufmann. When the Nazis took power and she refused to divorce her Jewish husband, she found that her career, while doing twelve films a year, dissolved immediately. When she resolved on emigrat
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2. Backstairs (1922)
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3. Anna Boleyn
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5. Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)
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