Henny Porten

Known for: Acting

Born: 1890-01-07 – 1960-10-15 (aged 70)

From: Magdeburg, Germany

Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955.

Filmography (105)

MOVIE★ 8.0
Lyrical Nitrate
1991
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Lady of Scuderi
1955
as Fräulein von Scuderi
MOVIE★ 9.0
Carola Lamberti
1954
as Carola Lamberti
MOVIE★ 8.0
Unknown Sender
1950
as Direktorin der Höheren Mädchenschule
MOVIE★ 7.0
Marriage of Affection
1944
as Wilhelmine Buchholz
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Buchholz Family
1944
as Wilhelmine Buchholz
MOVIE★ 8.0
When the Young Wine Blossoms
1943
as Elisa Arvik
MOVIE★ 7.0
Symphonie eines Lebens
1943
as Maria, seine Frau
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Comedians
1941
as Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels
MOVIE★ 9.0
War es der im 3. Stock?
1939
as Frau Seiderhelm
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Optimist
1938
MOVIE★ 7.5
Trouble Backstairs
1935
as Witwe Bock
MOVIE★ 5.6
Mother and Child
1934
as Anna
MOVIE★ 8.0
Luise, Queen of Prussia
1931
as Königin Luise
MOVIE★ 8.0
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1931
as Helga Vanroh
MOVIE★ 9.0
Gretel and Liesel
1930
as Liesel & Gretel, Kohlhiesels Töchter
MOVIE★ 10.0
Scandalous Eva
1930
as Eva Rüttgers
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Mistress and Her Servant
1929
as Johanna von Grothe
MOVIE★ 10.0
Mutterliebe
1929
as Maria Immermann
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die Frau, die jeder liebt, bist du!
1929
as Minny
MOVIE★ 10.0
Liebfraumilch
1929
as Klara
MOVIE★ 7.0
Liebe im Kuhstall
1928
as Marischka
MOVIE★ 10.0
Refuge
1928
as Hanne Lorek
MOVIE★ 10.0
Lotte
1928
as Lotte
MOVIE★ 8.0
Die Hotelratte
1928
as Anna von Belling
MOVIE★ 8.0
Violantha
1928
as Violantha Zureich
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Long Intermission
1927
as Gabriele Amberg
MOVIE★ 7.0
Meine Tante - deine Tante
1927
as Helene
MOVIE★ 8.0
Die Flammen lügen
1926
as Gertrud von Gehr
MOVIE★ 10.0
Rosen aus dem Süden
1926
as Dr. Eva Maron
MOVIE★ 8.0
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
1926
as Cäcilie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tragödie
1925
as Gräfin Maria Tamar
MOVIE★ 8.0
Das Abenteuer der Sybille Brant
1925
as Sibylle Brant
MOVIE★ 10.0
Das goldene Kalb
1925
as Magdalena
MOVIE★ 10.0
Kammermusik
1925
as Hilde von Niemeyer
MOVIE★ 10.0
Prater
1924
as Annemarie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Countess Donelli
1924
MOVIE★ 10.0
Mother and Child
1924
as Lene
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Film in the Film
1924
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Inge Larsen
1924
as Inge Larsen
MOVIE★ 8.0
Das Geheimnis von Brinkenhof
1923
as Maria Brinkenhof
MOVIE★ 5.6
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1923
as Maria
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Ancient Law
1923
as Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Jew of Mestri
1923
as Porzia (Beatrice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Love of a Queen
1923
as Die Königin
MOVIE★ 8.0
She and the Three
1922
as "Sie", Lia Lona, Schauspielerin
MOVIE★ 9.0
Frauenopfer
1922
as Maria
MOVIE★ 6.2
Backstairs
1921
as The Maid
MOVIE★ 6.2
Die Geierwally
1921
as Wally
MOVIE★ 6.9
Anna Boleyn
1920
as Anna Boleyn, his Niece
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die goldene Krone
1920
as Marianne
MOVIE★ 6.0
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
1920
as Liesel und Gretel Kohlhiesel
MOVIE★ 8.0
Monika Vogelsang
1920
as Monica Vogelsang
MOVIE★ 9.0
Die Fahrt ins Blaue
1919
as Wanda Lossen
MOVIE
Rose Bernd
1919
as Rose Bernd
MOVIE
Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth
1919
as Ruth Elvstedt
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die Schuld
1919
as Maria Helga Nansen
MOVIE★ 9.0
Her Sport
1919
as Adelina von Gentz
MOVIE★ 8.0
Irrungen
1919
MOVIE★ 8.0
Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
1918
as Die Probiermamsell
MOVIE
Die blaue Laterne
1918
MOVIE★ 8.0
Die Heimkehr des Odysseus
1918
as Josepha
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die Sieger
1918
MOVIE★ 10.0
Das Maskenfest des Lebens
1918
MOVIE★ 10.0
Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier
1918
as Agnes Arnau
MOVIE★ 10.0
Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall
1918
MOVIE★ 10.0
Auf Probe gestellt
1918
as Gräfin Marlene von Steinitz
MOVIE★ 9.0
Countess Kitchenmaid
1918
as Karoline Blume / Gräfin Gyllenhand
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Giant's Fist
1917
as Martina von Brake
MOVIE★ 10.0
Die Claudi vom Geiserhof
1917
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hann, Hein und Henny
1917
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gefangene Seele
1917
MOVIE★ 8.0
Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
1917
as Ethel Vandergold (daughter)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Christa Hartungen
1917
as Christa Hartungen
MOVIE
Der Liebesbrief der Königin
1917
as Königin von Illyrien
MOVIE
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
MOVIE
Der wandernde Blumentopf
1916
MOVIE
The Robber Bride
1916
as Mädchen
MOVIE
Das wandernde Licht
1916
as Anna von Glassner
MOVIE
Abseits vom Glück
1916
as Silvia Aguzzi / Ruth Aguzzi
MOVIE
Der Schirm mit dem Schwan
1916
MOVIE★ 9.0
Das große Schweigen
1916
as Margarete Lasson
MOVIE
Nur nicht heiraten
1915
MOVIE★ 10.0
Das Ende vom Liede
1915
MOVIE★ 5.0
Alexandra
1915
as Alexandra
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nordlandrose
1914
MOVIE
Ein Mädchen zu verschenken
1913
as Prologue
MOVIE★ 7.0
Komtesse Ursel
1913
as Komtesse Ursel
MOVIE
Eva
1913
MOVIE
The Minister's Daughter
1913
as Karla
MOVIE★ 10.0
Erloschenes Licht
1913
MOVIE★ 9.0
Kämpfende Herzen
1912
MOVIE★ 8.0
Schatten des Lebens
1912
MOVIE
Maskierte Liebe
1912
MOVIE★ 8.0
Adressatin verstorben
1912
as Juliane Crusius
MOVIE
Specter of the Sea
1912
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tragödie eines Streiks
1911
as Arbeiterfrau
MOVIE★ 9.0
Outlawed
1911
as Brigitte
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mütter, verzaget nicht
1911
MOVIE★ 9.0
Das Liebesglück der Blinden
1911
as Blindes Mädchen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Forget About Luck
1911
MOVIE★ 1.5
Andreas Hofer
1909
MOVIE★ 8.0
Meißner Porzellan
1906
MOVIE★ 1.5
Apachentanz
1906
MOVIE
Vater ist im Kriege
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