Camilla Dalberg Explained

Camilla Dalberg, (1870–1968), was a German-American actress and writer known for her roles as Mrs. Clare in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) and Mother in The Seven Sisters (1915), as well as numerous other stage and film roles throughout the 1910s and 1920s. Dalberg also wrote and starred in the short film After Many Days (1912).

Life

Dalberg was born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 28, 1870 and was married to fellow actor Charles Kraus, with whom she appeared in The Seven Sisters (1915). Dalberg died in The Bronx, New York in February 1968. She was 97 years old.^[1]

Filmography

!Title!Role!Year!Director!Additional Sources
The Chamber Mystery	Mrs. West	1920	Abraham Schomer	^[2]
Just a Woman		1918	Julius Steger
Draft 258	Marcita Blein	1917	Christy Cabanne
Should a Baby Die?		1916	Perry N. Vekroff
One Million Dollars	Mrs. Cookie	1915	John W. Noble
The Woman Next Door	Mrs. Grayson	1915	Walter Edwin	^[3]
The Seven Sisters	Mother	1915	Sidney Olcott
Love and Money	A Wealthy Widow	1915	Carroll Fleming
One of Our Girls	Mme. Fonblaque	1914	Thomas N. Heffron
The Brute	Mrs. Pope	1914	Thomas N. Heffron
In the Bishop's Carriage	The Actress	1913	J. Searle Dawley, Edwin S. Porter
Tess of the D'Urbervilles	Mrs. Clare	1913	J. Searle Dawley
A Chase Across the Continent	Mrs. Worthington-The Aunt	1912	J. Searle Dawley
After Many Days	Anton's Daughter	1912
How Sir Andrew Lost His Vote	The Hostess	1911
The Heart of Nichette	Mlle. Nichette	1911

Stage roles

!Title^[4] !Role!Opening Date!Additional Sources
These Modern Women	Marie Louise	February 13, 1928
The Garden of Eden	Madame Rimsky	September 27, 1927
Money From Home	Nannie Bauer	February 28, 1927
Hurricane	Martha Olczewski (Deeney)	December 25, 1923
Pride	Mrs. Bohn	May 2, 1923
Buddies	Madam Benoit	October 27, 1919
The Woman on the Index	Performer	August 29, 1918
The Great Lover	Bianca Souio	November 10, 1915	^[5]
The Joy of Living	Countess Beata		^[6]
La Main			^[7]

Sources

Web site: Camille Dalberg . 2022-10-04 . IMDb.
Web site: Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List . 2022-10-04 . www.silentera.com.
Web site: Woman Next Door, The · ECHO (Early Cinema History Online) . 2022-10-04 . echo.commarts.wisc.edu.
Web site: Camilla Dalberg – Broadway Cast & Staff IBDB . 2022-10-04 . www.ibdb.com.
Web site: Columbia Spectator 5 November 1915 — Columbia Spectator . 2022-10-04 . spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu.
News: 1903-10-02 . THE IRVING PLACE AGAIN; The House Opens with Sudermann's Original of "The Joy of Living." Camilla Dalberg as Beate -- Otto Ottbert and von Segffertitz Distinguish Themselves. . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-04 . 0362-4331.
Book: The Bystander: An Illustrated Weekly, Devoted to Travel, Literature, Art, the Drama, Progress, Locomotion . 1906 . en.