Maly Delschaft
Acting
Biography
Martha Amalia "Maly" Delschaft (4 December 1898 – 20 August 1995) was a German stage and film actress. After beginning in theatre, Delschaft switched to silent films. She appeared in mainly supporting roles during the Weimar and Nazi eras. After the Second World War she worked in East Germany for the state-controlled studio DEFA
Born: December 4, 1898
Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
Known For
The Last Laugh
An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel, is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.
The Axe of Wandsbek
Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen’s life falls apart.
Variety
The murderer “Boss” Huller – after having spent ten years in prison – breaks his silence to tell the warden his story.
The Man in the Stream
61-year-old Paul Hinrichs impersonates being 10 year younger in order to get a job as diver once again.
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
Father Scherzer generally buries himself in the books of the castle library, which he is responsible for managing. He is a warm-hearted but somewhat overwhelmed father to his five daughters, ranging from a preschooler to two teenage girls to a successful press photographer who flirts with a dashing dentist. While he is trying to sell the castle to an overbearing American millionaire, the housekeeper quits, and the youth welfare office insists on discipline and order in the five-girl household.
Two Among Millions
Just before the Berlin Wall is built, a young East German worker tries his personal and professional luck as a barkeep in West Berlin. A realistic love story set during Germany’s post-war economic miracle, which here does not fulfil its bright promises.
The Beacon
On a barren and stormy island, fishing families eke out a meager existence on what they can catch during summer, and what washes ashore during winter. But little has been washing ashore of late, and their situation worsens. Elders recall how twenty years ago, when the lighthouse keeper’s beacon went dark, a cargo ship broke apart on the cliffs. It proved a bountiful accident for the fishermen. Today people on the island view the conscientious lighthouse keepers with evil hungry eyes...
Faded Dreams
A wealthy skirt-chasing drunkard marries a simple country gal, yet he doesn't take time off from his regular 'affairs'.
Alibi
An industrialist's wife was killed and now her lover is accused of murder.
The Benthin Family
The brothers Theo and Gustav Benthin pull profits through smuggling in divided Germany: Theo in the West and Gustav in the East. The East German police catch on quickly, however, and Gustav is arrested. The small band of smugglers disperses, with Gustav’s chauffer Peter Naumann fleeing to the West and his sister choosing the East after struggling to find work and lodging in the West.
Filmography
as Tante Lotte
as Susi Rettig
as Claudia Galotti
as Frau Führmann
as Berta Sengstake
as Frau Barthel
as Frau Wilke
as Frau Mosbach
as Dame in der Küche
as Kuddels Mutter
as Frau Ludwig
as Mrs. Lehmke
as Bertha Sonnenbruck
as Annemarie Naumann
as Emmi Gutwein
as Beate Enderle
as Rosa Sykora
as Frau von Purkhammer
as Amalie Bernau
as Filmdiva
as Fräulein Krauss
as Ilse, seine Frau
as Madalina
as Rosi
as Anna
as Stefanie
as Pia Schwiek
as Ottilie Giesecke
as Elijy
as Die Lehrerin
as Frau Huller
as Emma
as Martha
as Ulrike
as His Niece
as Julia Danton