The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920
As Jane
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Lil Dagover
Born
A prominent German film actress born on 30 September 1887 at Madiven, Java, the daughter of a forest ranger in the service of the Dutch authorities. Sent at the age of ten to Baden-Baden to study, she later entered the cinema thanks to her marriage in 1917 to the actor Fritz Dagover who was 25 years her senior. They divorced in 1919 but not before he had introduced her to director Robert Wiene and other notables of German cinema. She made her screen debut in Fritz Lang's Harakiri (1919). Immediately after she appeared in Wiene's classic expressionist film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (aka The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)). Apart from three trips -- one to Sweden in 1927, another to France in 1928-9 and one to Hollywood in 1931 -- most of Lil Dagover's career and fate was linked to that of the German cinema, where her role was usually that of the frail, menaced heroine. She continued to star in a great number of films during the Nazi era. Among her best performances were her roles in Congress Dances (1931), in Gerhard Lamprecht's The Higher Command (1935) and in Veit Harlan's The Kreutzer Sonata (1937). She also acted in the Deutsches Theatre Berlin, the Salzburg Festival, at forces shows and at war theaters. At one time, she was reported to have been a close friend of Adolf Hitler. In 1944, she received the War Merits Cross. Dagover continued her career in post-war Germany, playing many supporting parts until the late 1970s.
Filmography (121)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922
As (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Bird Seller1935
As Die Kurfürstin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Destiny1921
As Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao Tsien
TMDb 7.4 / 10
End of the Game1975
As Gastmann's Mother
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea1919
As Sun Priestess Naela
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Phantom1922
As Marie Starke
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Vienna 1910
Vienna 19101943
As Maria Anschütz
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Monte Cristo1929
As Mercédès / Comtesse de Morcerf
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Woman from Monte Carlo1932
As Lottie Corlaix
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tartuffe1926
As Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Strange Countess1961
As Gräfin / Lady Leonora Moron
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Boycott1930
As Frau von Generaldirektor Haller
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Toteninsel
Toteninsel1921
Die Teufelsbraut
Die Teufelsbraut1977
Harakiri1919
As O-Take-San
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Trees die upright
Trees die upright1958
As Großmutter
TMDb 9.0 / 10
100 Years of the UFA2017
As Self - Actress (archive footage)
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Kolibri
Kolibri1971
As Anna Maria Hansen
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt1973
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Little Residence1942
As Herzogin von Lauffenburg
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Fugitive from Chicago1934
As Eveline
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Der Veilchenfresser
Der Veilchenfresser1926
As Melitta von Arthof
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The White Devil
The White Devil1930
As Nelidowa
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Tales from the Vienna Woods1979
As Helene
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Standard1977
As Erzherzogin
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Fridericus1937
As Marquise de Pompadour
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe
Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe1955
As Alice Lechaudier
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Die Räuber
Die Räuber1940
Spiritismus1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Es kommt ein Tag
Es kommt ein Tag1950
As Madame Mombour
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee1952
As Lamberta
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil1959
As Elisabeth Buddenbrook
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Pedestrian1973
As Frau Eschenlohr
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Final Chord1936
As Charlotte Garvenberg, seine Frau
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Siedlung Arkadien
Siedlung Arkadien1967
As Frau Assmann
The Stars Shine1938
As Gast
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Va Banque1930
As Harriet Williams
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius1940
As Gräfin Franziska von Hohenheim
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Der Volontär
Der Volontär1918
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Congress Dances1931
As Komtesse
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Maja zwischen zwei Ehen1938
As Maja
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Married by the Stork1932
As Thea Roland
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Detours to Happiness
Detours to Happiness1939
As Hanna Bracht
TMDb 6.2 / 10
La Grande Passion1928
As Sonia de Blich
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Das Geheimnis von Bombay1921
As Gabriela Farnese/Concha
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Woman Who Knows What She Wants1934
As Manon Cavallini
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Maelstrom of Paris1928
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bismarck1940
As Eugénie
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Der Anwalt des Herzens1927
As June Orchard
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Barbarina, the King's Dancer1932
As Barberina Campanini
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Case of Colonel Redl1931
As Vera Nikolayevna
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Only a Dancing Girl1926
As Marie Berner
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Die Kwannon von Okadera1920
As Kwannon von Okadera
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine1953
As Gräfin Waldenberg
TMDb 5.2 / 10
There is a woman who will never forget you1930
As Tilly Ferrantes
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin
Der Demütige und die Tänzerin1925
As Toni
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Paradies der alten Damen
Paradies der alten Damen1971
As Leonore Feller
Madame Bluebeard1931
As Frau Erika Dankwarth
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Professor Sound und die Pille1971
As Seine Frau
The Mayor of Zalamea1920
As Isabel
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe1956
As Kaiserin Elisabeth
TMDb 6.4 / 10
His Wife, the Unknown1923
As Eva
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hotel Royal1969
As Maharani von Dungapur
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Unter Palmen am blauen Meer1957
As Contessa Celestina Morini
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Die Prinzessin Suwarin1923
As Tina Bermonte
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Ich heirate meine Frau1934
As Lisa Behmer
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Old Song1930
As Baronin Eggedy
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lady Windermeres Fächer1935
As Mrs. Erlynne
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Das Blut der Ahnen1920
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Die Barrings1955
As Thilde von Barring
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Glückspilze
Glückspilze1971
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Higher Command1935
As Madame Martin
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Der Fischer vom Heiligensee1955
As Baronin Hermine von Velden
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Streit um den Knaben Jo1939
As Leonine Brackwieser
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Clown Charly1918
The Great Desire1930
As Herself
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Chronicles of the Gray House1925
As Bärbe
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hubertus Castle1954
As Baronin Gundi Kleesberg
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Bettler GmbH
Bettler GmbH1919
Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe1949
As Florentine Alvensleben
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Königliche Hoheit1953
As Gräfin Löwenjoul
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Der Mann von draußen
Der Mann von draußen1961
As Mrs.Gillis
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hungarian Rhapsody1928
As Camilla
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Elisabeth of Austria1931
As Elisabeth von Österreich
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Luise Millerin1922
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Memento Mori
Memento Mori1975
As Charmian Colston
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Die Rache ist mein
Die Rache ist mein1919
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Triad
Triad1938
As Cornelia Contarini
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Der Tänzer1919
As Andreas Mother
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Love Is Blind1926
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Rosen im Herbst1955
As Mutter Briest
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Die Frau im Himmel
Die Frau im Himmel1920
As Tatjana
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 1. Teil1920
As Malatti
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Lösegeld für Mylady
Lösegeld für Mylady1967
As Lady Cherfield / Mrs. Flowers
Die Ehe1929
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt1920
As Malatti
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Girl Irene1936
As Jennifer Lawrence
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Secret Courier1928
As Mme. Thérèse de Renal
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Ring of the Empress1930
As Catherine the Great
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Comedy of the Heart1924
As Gerda Werska
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Reisender ohne Gepäck
Reisender ohne Gepäck1963
As Herzogin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Chased by the Devil1950
As Frau Dakar
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil1959
As Elisabeth Buddenbrook
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata1937
As Jelaina Posdnyschew
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Meine 16 Söhne1956
As Frau Senator Giselius
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Second Kiss1930
As Empress Marie Theresa
TMDb 9.0 / 10
August der Starke
August der Starke1936
As Gräfin Aurore Königsmark
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Death in the Greenstreet1921
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Unwiederbringlich
Unwiederbringlich1968
As Prinzessin Maria Eleonore
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Die Söhne des Herrn Gaspary
Die Söhne des Herrn Gaspary1948
As Margot von Korff
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Orientexpress1927
As Beate von Morton
TMDb 10.0 / 10
His English Wife1927
As Cathleen Paget
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Musik in Salzburg1944
As Ursula Sanden
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Rätsel um Beate1938
As Beate Kaiserling
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 3. Teil: Der Mann im Dunkel
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 3. Teil: Der Mann im Dunkel1921
As Malatti
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Es flüstert die Nacht
Es flüstert die Nacht1929
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Two Brothers
Two Brothers1926
As Esther
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Tiefland
Tiefland1923
As Martha
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Phantome des Lebens1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Johannisnacht1933
As Lisa Lers
TMDb 7.0 / 10
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