Mady Christians

Mady Christians

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951) was an Austrian actress and naturalized US citizen who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period. She was born on January 19, 1892 to Rudolph Christians, a well-known German actor, and his wife, Bertha. Her family moved to Berlin when she was one year old, and to New York City in 1912, where her father became the Irving Place Theatre's general manager. Five years later she returned to Europe to study under Max Reinhardt. She appeared in a number of European films prior to the early 1930s. In 1929, she starred in the first full sound film made in Germany It's You I Have Loved. In 1933, she toured the United States in a play called Marching By and was offered a Broadway contract the following year that allowed her, like a number of other German artists, to seek refuge from the Nazi regime in the United States. On Broadway, Christians played Queen Gertrude in Hamlet and Lady Percy in Henry IV, Part I, staged by director Margaret Webster. Webster was part of a small but influential group of lesbian producers, directors, and actors in theater (a group that included Eva Le Gallienne and Cheryl Crawford). Webster and Christians became close friends: according to Webster biographer Milly S. Barranger, it is likely that they also were lovers. She also starred in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine. She originated the title role in the 1944 play I Remember Mama. Her last movie roles were in All My Sons, based on the play by Arthur Miller, and Letter from an Unknown Woman, both released in 1948. During World War II, Christians was involved in political work on behalf of refugees, rights for workers (especially in theater and film), and Russian War relief, political efforts that would bring her to the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other anti-communist institutions and organizations. In addition to her political work, Christians also publicly criticized the House Committee on Un-American Activities in early 1941 and likened the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee's investigation of propaganda in US film to Nazi harassment of film and radio artists in the 1930s. In 1950, the FBI's internal security division began investigating Christians, who had been identified as a "concealed communist" by a confidential informant. When Christians' name appeared in Red Channels, the so-called bible of the broadcast blacklist, her career was effectively over.

  • Title: Mady Christians
  • Popularity: 1.586
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1892-01-17
  • Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
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  • Also Known As: Margarete Christians
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Mady Christians Movies

  • 1948
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    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    7.77 1948 HD

    A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is...

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  • 1931
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    My Incognito Heart

    My Incognito Heart

    1 1931 HD

    Due to a revolution fueled by Fedor Karew, the queen of Gregoria abdicates and travels incognito to Paris with her cousin Vicky. She becomes a...

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  • 1927
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    Heimweh

    Heimweh

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1948
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    All My Sons

    All My Sons

    6.2 1948 HD

    During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him...

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  • 1924
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    The Finances of the Grand Duke

    The Finances of the Grand Duke

    6.6 1924 HD

    The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking...

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  • 1936
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    Come and Get It

    Come and Get It

    6.736 1936 HD

    An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.

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  • 1944
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    Tender Comrade

    Tender Comrade

    6.208 1944 HD

    Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same...

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  • 1944
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    Address Unknown

    Address Unknown

    6.3 1944 HD

    When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted to Nazi propaganda.

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  • 1935
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    Escapade

    Escapade

    1 1935 HD

    A romantic comedy-drama-musical of mistaken identity, infidelity and farce, set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.

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  • 1934
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    A Wicked Woman

    A Wicked Woman

    5 1934 HD

    A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she...

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  • 1933
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    The Only Girl

    The Only Girl

    6 1933 HD

    A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little...

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  • 1932
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    The Black Hussar

    The Black Hussar

    6.5 1932 HD

    In 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by the troops of Napoleon. Several paramilitary Freikorps units battle the...

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  • 1922
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    The Loves of Pharaoh

    The Loves of Pharaoh

    6.6 1922 HD

    The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.

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  • 1937
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    The Woman I Love

    The Woman I Love

    1 1937 HD

    In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.

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  • 1921
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    Peter Voss, Thief of Millions

    Peter Voss, Thief of Millions

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1933
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    Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe

    Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe

    6 1933 HD

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  • 1929
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    Und Nelson spielt

    Und Nelson spielt

    1 1929 HD

    Rudolf Nelson and the Weintraub Syncoptators lead thru a short musical revue, featuring eccentric dancers, singers, and a small chorus-line.

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  • 1937
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    Heidi

    Heidi

    6.84 1937 HD

    Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph...

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  • 1929
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    Dich hab’ ich geliebt

    Dich hab’ ich geliebt

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1933
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    Salon Dora Green

    Salon Dora Green

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1930
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    Love Comes But Once

    Love Comes But Once

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Waltz Dream

    The Waltz Dream

    5.6 1926 HD

    Austrian actress Mady Christians stars alongside German matinee idol Willy Fritsch in this adaptation of the Oscar Straus operetta about a Prince...

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  • 1932
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    Frederica

    Frederica

    1 1932 HD

    Based on Franz Lehar's operetta, about the first woman whom the great German writer Goethe fell in love with.

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  • 1925
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    In the Slums of Berlin

    In the Slums of Berlin

    5 1925 HD

    It was not just the children who were treated badly by the wealthy Weimar republic. Robert Kramer is released from prison but struggles to adjust to...

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  • 1933
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    The Only Girl

    The Only Girl

    1 1933 HD

    English-language version of Ich und die Kaiserin. 'Germany, 1890. Duke falls in love with voice which is not that of empress, but of hairdresser.'...

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  • 1923
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    The Lost Shoe

    The Lost Shoe

    5.3 1923 HD

    One of the first movies made about the fairy tale Cinderella. The film is part of the current German expressionism. Because of that the film ends up...

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  • 1926
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    Die Königin von Moulin Rouge

    Die Königin von Moulin Rouge

    1 1926 HD

    a silent movie by Robert Wiene

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  • 1918
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    Am anderen Ufer

    Am anderen Ufer

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1923
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    Die Buddenbrooks

    Die Buddenbrooks

    5 1923 HD

    Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adaptation of a Thomas Mann book was also...

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  • 1927
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    Queen Louise

    Queen Louise

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1928
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    Fräulein Chauffeur

    Fräulein Chauffeur

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1924
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    Soll und Haben

    Soll und Haben

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    Mensch gegen Mensch

    Mensch gegen Mensch

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1925
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    In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine

    In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Fate of Renate Langen

    The Fate of Renate Langen

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1926
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    Wien, wie es weint und lacht

    Wien, wie es weint und lacht

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1925
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    Der Farmer aus Texas

    Der Farmer aus Texas

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1923
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    A Glass of Water

    A Glass of Water

    6 1923 HD

    A Glass of Water (German: Ein Glas Wasser) is a 1923 German silent historical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Mady Christians, Lucie...

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  • 1927
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    Der Sohn der Hagar

    Der Sohn der Hagar

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1926
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    Die Welt will belogen sein

    Die Welt will belogen sein

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Burning Heart

    The Burning Heart

    1 1929 HD

    A young composer and inventor meets a poverty stricken singer.

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  • 1937
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    Seventh Heaven

    Seventh Heaven

    6.6 1937 HD

    A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the...

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  • 1935
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    Ship Cafe

    Ship Cafe

    1 1935 HD

    The singing stoker and the vamp.

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  • 1924
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    Michael

    Michael

    6.3 1924 HD

    The relationship between a master painter and his longtime model begins to collapse after the former agrees to paint a portrait for a Russian...

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  • 1918
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    Nachtschatten

    Nachtschatten

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1928
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    A Woman with Style

    A Woman with Style

    1 1928 HD

    A sparkling Ruritanian comedy starring two great actresses: Mady Christians is an ambassador who needs to outwit a rival diplomat and find favor with...

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  • 1929
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    The Runaway Princess

    The Runaway Princess

    1 1929 HD

    A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.

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  • 1927
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    Grand Hotel...!

    Grand Hotel...!

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1926
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    Die geschiedene Frau

    Die geschiedene Frau

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1923
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    Der Wetterwart

    Der Wetterwart

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1929
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    Meine Schwester und ich

    Meine Schwester und ich

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1926
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    Nanette macht alles

    Nanette macht alles

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1926
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    Zopf und Schwert

    Zopf und Schwert

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Duel

    The Duel

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1921
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    Wer unter Euch ohne Sünde ist

    Wer unter Euch ohne Sünde ist

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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