Angela Salloker Explained

Angela Salloker (1913-2006) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in a number of 1930s films, notably in the title role in the 1935 film Joan of Arc.^[1] Following the Second World War she appeared largely in television.

In 1936 she played the major role of Charlotte Corday in a play about her assassination of Jean-Paul Marat at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Black Whale (1934)
• The Secret of Cavelli (1934)
• Joan of Arc (1935)
• Girls' Dormitory (1936)
• The Broken Jug (1937)
• Die Hochzeitsreise (1939)
• White Gold (1949)
• Mademoiselle de Scuderi (1976, TV film)

Bibliography

• Fox, Jo. Filming women in the Third Reich. Berg, 2000.
• London, John. Theatre Under the Nazis. Manchester University Press, 2000.

Notes and References

1. Fox p.24
2. London p.117