Paula Wessely

1907-01-20 – 2000-05-11 (age 93) Vienna, Austria

Biography

Paula Anna Maria Wessely (20 January 1907 – 11 May 2000) was an Austrian theatre and film actress. Die Wessely (literally "The Wessely"), as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actress.

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Known For

Episode

1935

as Valerie Gärtner

Maria Ilona

1939

as Maria Ilona von Wolkersdorf

The Third Sex

1957

as Christa Teichmann

Masquerade in Vienna

1934

as Leopoldine Dur

The Angel with the Trumpet

1948

as Henriette Alt, geb. Stein

Leckerbissen

1948

as Self - film scenes (archive footage)

Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

1973

as Self

The Light of Love

1954

as Käthe Zeller

Such Great Foolishness

1937

as Therese Brandl

Das weite Land

1960

as Genia Hofreiter

Die unvollkommene Ehe

1959

as Frau Dr. Winifred Lert

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Späte Liebe

1943

as Sophie von Angerspang

Weg in die Vergangenheit

1954

as Gabriele Gärtner

Everyman

1961

as Glaube

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Überfahrt

1963

as Mrs. Midget

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Der Unbestechliche

1984

Der Bauer als Millionär

1961

as Die Zufriedenheit

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Homecoming

1941

as Maria Thomas

Planet Arium

2025

Cordula

1950

as Cordula