Mary Parker (German actress) explained

Mary Parker
Birth Name:	Magdalena Prohaska
Birth Date:	3 November 1902
Birth Place:	Breslau, Silesia, German Empire
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1924-1937 (film)

Mary Parker (born 1902) was a German film actress active during the silent and early sound eras.^[1] She was born in Breslau in Silesia and made her first screen appearance in 1924.^[2] She acted in over twenty films in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. In 1932 she appeared in the horror film Uncanny Tales.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Battle of the Butterflies (1924)
• The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (1924)
• Struggle for the Soil (1925)
• Semi-Silk (1925)
• Rags and Silk (1925)
• Upstairs and Downstairs (1925)
• Should We Be Silent? (1926)
• I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1926)
• The Sweet Girl (1926)
• Suzy Saxophone (1928)
• Today I Was With Frieda (1928)
• Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness (1929)
• Miss Midshipman (1929)
• Susanne Cleans Up (1930)
• Uncanny Tales (1932)

Bibliography

• Hans, Anjeana K. Gender and the Uncanny in Films of the Weimar Republic. Wayne State University Press, 2014.
• Schwientek, Sabine. Conrad Veidt, Demon of the Silver Screen: His Life and Works in Context. McFarland, 2023.

Notes and References

1. Schwientek p.201
2. https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/mary-parker_f303a3a8c06ef2eee03053d50b375fcc
3. Hans p.142