Mary Parker

Acting

Mary Parker

Born

1902-11-03 (123)

Place of birth

Breslau, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

16 titles

Mary Parker, born Magdalena Prohaska, was a German stage and screen actress.

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 13 titles

The Friend From Springfield poster
8.0

Even the greatest screenwriters suffer from writer’s block, and the only cure is an impromptu trip to Paris. And so, comedy writer Jonas Lenner flees the suffocating monotony of home. Jonas tells his wife that he is going to visit head teacher Mikkelsen, an old – and fictitious – friend in Springfield. But of course she learns the truth yet says nothing. All hell breaks loose shortly after Jonas’ return, when a certain head teacher Mikkelsen suddenly manifests in the flesh on his doorstep

The Friend From Springfield

1927

Ja, ja, die Frauen sind meine schwache Seite poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ja, ja, die Frauen sind meine schwache Seite

1929

Luther poster
7.0

German silent film about the life of Martin Luther

Luther

1928

The Sweet Girl poster
10.0

The Sweet Girl (German: Das Süße Mädel) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Manfred Noa.

The Sweet Girl

1926

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World poster
10.0

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.

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

1924

Should We Be Silent? poster
6.0

A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use instead of narcotics, and withers away.

Should We Be Silent?

1926

Halbseide poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Halbseide

1925

Rags and Silk poster
10.0

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.

Rags and Silk

1925

Saxophone Suzy poster
10.0

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.

Saxophone Suzy

1928

No artwork available
NR

Story of the fatal fall in the Cesarelli Circus.

Todessturz im Zirkus Cesarelli

1927

I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg poster
8.0

The title alludes to the popular 1925 song I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg composed by Fred Raymond with lyrics by Fritz Löhner-Beda and Ernst Neubach. The film taps into the nostalgic reputation of Old Heidelberg.

I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg

1926

Fräulein Fähnrich poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fräulein Fähnrich

1929

No artwork available
10.0

Naive 16 year old Rosi paints butterfly pictures and day-dreams of a better world, abhorring the conducts of Else, Laura, Max and and an immoral cavalier. [16-minute segment survives.]

Battle of the Butterflies

1924