Maria Matray

Maria Matray
Born	14 July 1907 Niederschönhausen, German Empire
Died	30 October 1993 (aged 86) Munich, Germany
Other names	Maria Stern; Maria Solveg
Occupation(s)	Film actor, screenwriter, choreographer
Years active	1923–1993

Maria Matray (14 July 1907 – 30 October 1993) was a German screenwriter and film actress. Matray became a star of late Weimar cinema. Following the Nazi takeover in 1933, Matray, who was Jewish, went into exile – initially in France and Britain before moving to the United States. She developed a new career as a choreographer and writer. She later returned to Germany after the Second World War, where she died in 1993.

Selected filmography

Actress

• The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
• Linden Lady on the Rhine (1927)
• Inherited Passions (1929)
• The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
• Never Trust a Woman (1930)
• Retreat on the Rhine (1930)
• Elisabeth of Austria (1931)
• Road to Rio (1931)
• The Ringer (1932)
• Distorting at the Resort (1932)
• A Man with Heart (1933)

Screenwriter

• Murder in the Music Hall (dir. John English, 1946)
• Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder: The Last Act (dir. William Asher, 1952, TV series episode)
• Der König mit dem Regenschirm (dir. Ernst Matray, 1954, TV film) — based on an operetta by Ralph Benatzky
• Abschiedsvorstellung (dir. Ernst Matray, 1955, TV film)
• My Father, the Actor (dir. Robert Siodmak, 1956)
• The Night of the Storm (dir. Falk Harnack, 1957) — based on a novel by Klaus Hellmer
• Und abends in die Scala (dir. Erik Ode, 1958)
• Frau im besten Mannesalter (dir. Axel von Ambesser, 1959)
• The Night Before the Premiere (dir. Georg Jacoby, 1959)
• Die schöne Lügnerin (dir. Axel von Ambesser, 1959) — based on a play by Ernst Nebhut and Just Scheu
• Waldhausstraße 20 (dir. John Olden, 1960, TV film)
• The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (dir. Wolfgang Staudte, John Olden, 1962) — based on Time and the Conways by J. B. Priestley
• Das Kriminalmuseum (1963–1968, TV series, 4 episodes)
• Das Kriminalgericht: Der Fall Krantz (dir. Georg Tressler, 1964, TV series episode)
• Der Prozeß Carl von O. (dir. John Olden, 1964, TV film) — (docudrama about the Weltbühne-Prozess)
• Die fünfte Kolonne (1964–1965, TV series, 3 episodes)
• Ein langer Tag (dir. Lothar Kompatzki, 1964, TV film)
• Der Fall Harry Domela (dir. Wolfgang Schleif, 1965, TV film) — (docudrama about Harry Domela)
• Klaus Fuchs: Geschichte eines Atomverrats (dir. Ludwig Cremer, 1965, TV film) — (docudrama about Klaus Fuchs)
• Bernhard Lichtenberg (dir. Peter Beauvais, 1965, TV film) — (docudrama about Bernhard Lichtenberg)
• Oberst Wennerström (dir. Helmut Ashley, 1965, TV film) — (docudrama about Stig Wennerström)
• Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte (dir. Ludwig Cremer, 1966, TV film) — (docudrama about Rudolf Abel)
• Standgericht (dir. Rolf Busch, 1966, TV film)
• Der schwarze Freitag (dir. August Everding, 1966, TV film) — (docudrama about the Wall Street Crash of 1929)
• Der Fall Lothar Malskat (dir. Günter Meincke, 1966, TV film) — (docudrama about Lothar Malskat)
• Das Millionending (dir. Helmut Ashley, 1966, TV film) — based on a story by Henry Kolarz
• Der Panamaskandal (dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1967, TV film) — (docudrama about the Panama scandals)
• Affäre Dreyfus (dir. Franz Josef Wild, 1968, TV film) — (docudrama about the Dreyfus affair)
• Der Senator (dir. Günter Gräwert, 1968, TV film) — (docudrama about Joseph McCarthy)
• Hotel Royal (dir. Wolfgang Becker, 1969, TV film)
• Maximilian von Mexiko (dir. Günter Gräwert, 1970, TV film) — (docudrama about the Second French intervention in Mexico)
• Millionen nach Maß (dir. Erich Neureuther, 1970, TV film)
• Der Hitler/Ludendorff-Prozeß (dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1971, TV film) — (docudrama about the trial after the Beer Hall Putsch 1923)
• Manolescu – Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners (dir. Hans Quest, 1972, TV film) — (docudrama about Georges Manolescu
• Doppelspiel in Paris (dir. Wolfgang Glück, 1972, TV film) — (docudrama about Mathilde Carré)
• Sonderdezernat K1 (1972–1975, TV series, 12 episodes)
• Agent aus der Retorte (dir. Wolfgang Glück, 1972, TV film) — (docudrama about Operation Mincemeat)
• Eine geschiedene Frau: Reise nach Stockholm (dir. Claus Peter Witt, 1974, TV series episode)
• Wie starb Dag Hammerskjöld? (dir. Oswald Döpke, 1975, TV film) — (docudrama about the 1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)
• Als wär's ein Stück von mir (dir. August Everding, 1976, TV film) — based on the autobiography of Carl Zuckmayer
• Diener und andere Herren (dir. Wolfgang Glück, 1978, anthology film, TV film) — based on short stories by O. Henry, P. G. Wodehouse and W. Somerset Maugham
• The Old Fox: Der schöne Alex (dir. Theodor Grädler, 1978, TV series episode)
• Auf Schusters Rappen (dir. Manfred Seide, 1981, TV film)
• Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse (1981, TV series, 2 episodes)
• Ein Winter auf Mallorca (dir. Imo Moszkowicz, 1982, TV film)
• Gauner im Paradies (dir. Thomas Fantl, 1985, TV film)
• Im Schatten von Gestern (dir. Thomas Hartwig, 1985, TV film) — screenplay with Nathaniel Gutman
• Wie das Leben so spielt (dir. Hermann Leitner, 1986, TV film)
• Jungbrunnen (dir. Dušan Rapoš, 1992, TV film)

Bibliography

• Weniger, Kay. 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945: Eine Gesamtübersicht. ACABUS Verlag, 2011.

External links

• Maria Matray at IMDb