Mary Parker
Acting
Biography
Mary Parker, born Magdalena Prohaska, was a German stage and screen actress.
Born: November 3, 1902
Place of Birth: Breslau, Germany
Known For
Luther
German silent film about the life of Martin Luther
The Living Dead
A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard Oswald, 1919).
Should We Be Silent?
A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use instead of narcotics, and withers away.
Der Unwiderstehliche
Ja, ja, die Frauen sind meine schwache Seite
Susie Cleans Up
Susanne Braun is keen to meet her father who she has never seen, but who supports her financially. She visits the Berlin lawyer who oversees the monthly maintenance payments, but he sets her on completely the wrong track. Consequently she encounters several potential fathers.
Rags and Silk
At the center of this social satire is the wealthy and bored couple Irene and Erik. When Erik meets Hilde, who comes from a humble background, one evening in a chic club, he sees an opportunity for the couple to sexually spice up their worn-out relationship and to escape through a ménage à trois.
Die schönste Frau der Welt
Fred Holme is looking for candidates for the beauty contest in his London newspaper. In Rome he discovered the most beautiful woman in the world, the young arts and craftswoman Lucia Sarlo.
Fräulein Fähnrich
Suzy Saxophone
Silent version of a story later remade in French and German as Baby: A count's daughter wants a stage career, her show girl friend wants an education, so they change places.
Filmography
as Renate, seine Verlobte
as Dolores
as Susi Hille
as Ein Edelpage
as Charolotte
as Leonie Pierson
as Irene
as Lilian Mervil