Lyda Salmonova

Lyda Salmonova
Photograph by Rudolf Dührkoop
Born	Ludmila Vilemina Anna Salmonova (1889-07-14)14 July 1889 Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	7 November 1968(1968-11-07) (aged 79) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Years active	1913–1923
Spouse(s)	Paul Wegener (divorced, remarried until his death in 1948)
Children	1

Lyda Salmonova (born Ludmila Vilemina Anna Salmonova; 14 July 1889 – 7 November 1968) was a Czech stage and film actress who appeared primarily in German films. She was married to the actor Paul Wegener and appeared alongside him in a number of films.

Selected filmography

• The Student of Prague (1913)
• The Golem (1915)
• Rübezahl's Wedding (1916)
• The Yogi (1916)
• Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty (1917)
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)
• The Foreign Prince (1918)
• The Galley Slave (1919)
• Malaria (1919)
• The Dancer Barberina (1920)
• The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
• The Hunchback and the Dancer (1920)
• Burning Country (1921)
• Wandering Souls (1921)
• Monna Vanna (1922)
• Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
• The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
• The Love Nest (1922)
• The Island of Tears (1923)

Bibliography

• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• Lyda Salmonova at IMDb