Betty Amann

Betty Amann
Amann in Asphalt (1929)
Born Philippine Amann
(1905-03-10)March 10, 1905
Pirmasens, Germany
Died August 3, 1990(1990-08-03) (aged 85)
Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Other names Bee Amann
Bee Andrews
Occupation Actress
Years active 1926–1943
Spouse(s) David B. Stillman (?– his death)

Philippine "Betty" Amann (March 10, 1905 – August 3, 1990) was a German-American film actress of Jewish descent.[1] She began her film career in the United States with the film The Kick-Off (1926).[2]

Career

In Germany, she played together with Gustav Fröhlich, the female role in Asphalt (1929) directed by Joe May. May and producer Erich Pommer discovered her talent for the German film industry. Also in the first sound film, she worked further in Germany, with Hans Albers as a reporter in Hans in Every Street, directed by Carl Froelich.

After 1931, she worked in England, appearing in the Alfred Hitchcock film Rich and Strange (1931). One of her last appearances in the German film was in 1933 in Tugboat M 17. Her last role was in Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943), directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

In 1987, Betty Amann received the German award Filmband in Gold for her long and outstanding work and performance for the German film.

Filmography

Personal life

Amann was married to David B. Stillman until his death in April, 1963.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213
  2. ↑ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (2009). The concise Cinegraph: encyclopaedia of German cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 10. ISBN 1-57181-655-0. The daughter of German-American parents, Amman gerw up in the United States...she made her film debut in the college romance The Kick Off
  3. ↑ "DAVID B. STILLMAN, LAWYER, FILM MAN". The New York Times. April 26, 1963. p. 35. His survivors include his widow, Betty Amann Stillman...
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