Biography
Siegfried Weiss (18 April 1906 – 8 October 1989) was an East German actor. Weiss made his artistic debut on the stage of the Halberstadt Theater, at 1924. He continued his career in the theaters of Lübeck, Königsberg, Magdeburg, Leipzig and Berlin, where he acted in the Berlin Ensemble, among others.Weiss' film career started already in the Nazi era, with the 1937 Sherlock Holmes inspired movie Die Graue Dame (The Gray Lady), and had lasted for almost fifty years. After the Second World War he returned to acting on screen, working with the East German studio DEFA and with the television producers DFF. He appeared in more than fifty independent GDR productions and in co-productions with other Eastern Bloc countries, such as the epic movies Ernst Thaelmann, Karl Liebknecht and Liberation. He retired in 1984. Weiss retired at 1987, making his last appearance on stage in the Berlin Ensemble on 25 October that year.
Filmography
all 49
Movies 45
TV Shows 4
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe (1984)
The Just People of Kummerow (1982)
Komödianten-Emil (1980)
Das Leben des Galileo Galilei (1978)
Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow (1973)
Alarm am See (1973)
Despite It All! (1972)
Verwandte und Bekannte (1971)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
Husaren in Berlin (1971)
KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra (1971)
Liberation: The Break Through (1970)
Liberation: The Fire Bulge (1970)
My Zero Hour (1970)
Mohr und die Raben von London (1969)
Der Mord, der nie verjährt (1968)
Lebende Ware (1966)
Flucht ins Schweigen (1966)
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965)
As Long as There’s Life in Me (1965)
Engel im Fegefeuer (1965)
The Story of a Murder (1965)
Schlafwagen Paris-München (1965)
Das tapfere Schneiderlein (1964)
Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes (1963)
Carl von Ossietzky (1963)
Der Dieb von San Marengo (1963)
Fog (1963)
Mord ohne Sühne (1962)
Der Tod hat ein Gesicht (1961)
The Shadow (1961)
The Dream of Captain Loy (1961)
Flucht aus der Hölle (1960)
Die Entscheidung des Dr. Ahrendt (1960)
Erich Kubak (1959)
Blaulicht (1959)
Fernsehpitaval (1958)
The Sailor’s Song (1958)
Der Prozeß wird vertagt (1958)
They All Knew Each Other (1958)
Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957)
Spielbank-Affäre (1957)
Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser... (1957)
Rivals Behind the Wheel (1957)
Zwischenfall in Benderath (1956)
Der Teufelskreis (1956)
Alarm at the Circus (1954)
Kein Hüsung (1954)
The Troublemakers (1953)
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GenderMale
Birthday1906-04-18
Deathday1989-10-08 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceChemnitz, Germany
CitizenshipsGerman Democratic Republic, Germany
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