Wera Engels
Wera Engels was a daughter of a German Admiral and Governor of the then German colony Tsing-tau-China. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, Engels was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as a cheap alternative to Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. She was contracted with RKO. Engels was given roles under...
Wera Engels was a daughter of a German Admiral and Governor of the then German colony Tsing-tau-China. After successful leading roles in productions of the well-established German UFA-studios in Babelsberg as well as in France, Engels was invited to Hollywood. Producers saw her as a cheap alternative to Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. She was contracted with RKO. Engels was given roles under...
Known For
Scent of the Woman in Black
as Edith Rance
The Great Impersonation
as Princess Stephanie Elderstrom
Cast Credits
Talking About Jacqueline
as Jacqueline Topelius
Stjenka Rasin
as Prinzessin Dolgoruki
Hong Kong Nights
as Trina Vidor
The Great Impersonation
as Princess Stephanie Elderstrom
Together We Live
as Sonia
Sweepstake Annie
as Baroness Yvonne Baritska
Fugitive Road
as Sonya Valinoff
The Great Jasper
as Norma McGowd
Scent of the Woman in Black
as Edith Rance
The Copper
as Mabel
Hast Du geliebt am schönen Rhein?
as Ellen Shiffer
Fighting the White Slave Traffic
as Irene Wendtland