Nora Gregor
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nora Gregor (3 February 1901 – 20 January 1949) was a stage and film actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nora Gregor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 3, 1901
Place of Birth: Görz, Istria, Austria-Hungary, now Gorizia, Italy
Known For
What Women Dream
In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.
The Rules of the Game
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Alternate language version of "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1929). Has Mary Dugan stabbed her rich sugar daddy, Edgar Rice, to death? The evidence is overwhelming, no reasonable doubt seems possible, the trial should be a formality. But suddenly a young man raises his voice, introducing himself as Jim, Mary's brother. With his sister's financial assistance he has studied law; but never before has he practiced his job inside of a court room.
Impetuous Youth
Girl dressed up as a boy falls in love with a painter.
Michael
A gay art student is accused of causing the death of the renowned painter who secretly loved him.
But the Flesh Is Weak
A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
That's All That Matters
A woman accompanies her husband to a party. Both leave with other partners.
Olympia
Theodor Shall is cast as handsome Lieutenant Kovacs, the sweetheart of the lovely Princess Olympia. When the princess' snooty mother breaks up the romance, the embittered Kovacs threatens to tell the world that he has "ruined" the girl (not true!), making her unfit for marriage. To ensure his silence, the Lieutenant is promised a night alone with Olympia, just before the wedding. It is at this point that Kovacs proves he's a gentleman after all by marrying the Princess, which is what he intended to do all along.
Irrlichter der Tiefe
"Lights of the Abyss". Anita Berber enchants men and women as the seductive goddess Astarte.
The Grinning Face
Silent horror film directed by Julius Herska and starring Franz Höbling, Nora Gregor and Lucienne Delacroix. It is an adaptation of the 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo.
Filmography
as Christine de la Cheyniest
as Rina Korff
as Mrs. Rosine Brown
as Renée Roettlinck
as Mary Dugan
as Olympia
as Renées Stiefmutter
as Princess Lucia Zamikoff
as Herzogin Josiane