Ossi Oswalda (born Oswalda Amalie Anna Stäglich, 2 February 1897 – 7 March 1947) was a German actress, who mostly appeared in silent films. She was given the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford' due to her popularity at the time. Oswalda trained as a ballerina and became a dancer for a theater in Berlin. She made her film debut in Richard Oswald's Nächte des Grauens (Night of Horrors) before being discovered by the actor and screenwriter Hanns Kräly, who in turn recommended her to director Ernst Lubitsch. During her early career, she starred in several films by Lubitsch, including The Merry Jail, I Don't Want to Be a Man, The Oyster Princess and The Doll. Her popularity at the time earned her the nickname 'The German Mary Pickford'. In 1921, Oswalda started her own film production company with her husband at the time, the Hungarian Baron Gustav Wilhelm Viktor Freiherr von Koczian-Miskolczy (1877–1958). However, during the next four years they only produced four films, all starring Oswalda. From 1925 on, she was contracted to Ufa. The couple divorced in 1925, and Oswalda began a high profile affair with Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Oswalda's career waned along with the silent film era, and she only acted in two sound films, making her final appearance on screen in the 1933 film The Star of Valencia. She escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to Prague with her partner Julius Aubenberg in the 1930s. Later on, she became a stage actor, and in 1943, wrote the screenplay for the Czechoslovakian film Čtrnáctý u stolu. By spring 1947, Oswalda went bankrupt and was suffering from multiple health problems. Oswalda died penniless in Prague at the age of 50. She is buried at Olsany Cemetery.
Amor am Steuer
Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer
I Don't Want to Be a Man
(Ossi)
The Doll
(Ossi / The Doll)
The Oyster Princess
(Ossi, his daughter)
Kakadu und Kiebitz
(Ossi Schönbeck)
Die vierte von rechts
Ossis Tagebuch
(Ossi)
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
(Apprentice)
Die Kleine vom Varieté
(Rositta, die Kleine vom Varieté)
When Four Do the Same
(Segetoffs Tochter)
Der Stern von Valencia
(Rita)
Der Hilferuf
Die Puppe
A Night of Horror
Express Train of Love
(Kitty)
Amsterdam Artists from the Film 'Housing Shortage' on a Trip to Volendam
(Herself)
The Tenor, Inc.
(Sallys Cousin)
Prinz Sami
(Herzogin Maria)
The Ballet Girl
(Ossi, eine junge Tänzerin)
The Swabian Maiden
(Lorle Schmied)
My Wife, the Movie Star
(Ossi, der Filmstar der Fabrik)
The Toboggan Cavalier
(Ossi Hannemann)
Meyer from Berlin
The Housing Shortage
(Frau)
Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée
Frühere Verhältnisse
(Pepi)
Herrn Filip Collins Abenteuer
(Daisy Cuffler)
A Crazy Night
(Margot Olschinsky)
Schatz, mach' Kasse
(Ossi)
Das Mädel mit der Maske
(Hothilde van Erlenkamp)
Gräfin Plättmamsell
Niniche
(Niniche)
Sir or Madame
The chaste Joseph
Hundemamachen
(Ossi)
Colibri
(Colibri)
Eddy Polo mit Pferd und Lasso
The Merry Jail
The Girl with a Patron