Aud Egede-Nissen

Aud Richter, née Egede-Nissen (May 30, 1893 — November 15, 1974) was a Norwegian actress, appearing in many early 20th century German films.

Biography

Born in Bergen, Norway in 1893, Egede-Nissen was the daughter of Norwegian politician Adam Egede-Nissen. Her sister Gerd was an actress too.

Aud made her acting debut in Danish director Bjørn Bjørnson's 1913 film "Scenens børn". She worked on her first German film one year later. In 1916, she appeared in Otto Rippert's six-part sci-fi serial "Homunculus". Also that year, she starred as the character "Christine Daaé" in the now lost film Ernst Matray-directed German adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel "The Phantom of the Opera" opposite Swedish actor Nils Olaf Chrisander.

She worked with many noted directors of early German cinema, including Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Karl Grune, and Gerhard Lamprecht. Egede-Nissen's German film career came to an end with the advent of sound films, though she did return to Norway to make two films there in the 1940s.

Egede-Nissen was married to actors Georg Alexander and later Paul Richter. She had a son with Richter, Georg Richter, who also became an actor and film producer.

Her four younger sisters and two younger brother all became actors as well: Ada Kramm (also known as Ada van Ehlers; 1899-1981), Gerd Egede-Nissen (1895-1988), Stig Egede-Nissen (1907-1988), Oscar Egede-Nissen (1903-1976), Gøril Havrevold (1914-1992) and Lill Egede-Nissen (1909-1962).

Aud Egede-Nissen died in Oslo on 15 November 1974 at the age of 81.

elected filmography

* "Die Filmprinzessin" (1914)
* "Mobilmachung in der Küche" (1914)
* "Das Geheimnis der Mumie" (1915)
* "Das Phantom der Oper" (1916)
* "Homunculus" (1916)
* "Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha" (1917)
* "Sumurun" (1920)
* "Das Geheimnis der Chrysanthemen" (1920)
* "Anna Boleyn" (1920)
* "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (two parts) (1921)
* "Lucrezia Borgia" (1922)
* "Phantom" (1922)
* "Die Austreibung" (1923)
* "Die Straße" (1923)
* "Die Verrufenen" (1925)
* "Menschen untereinander" (1926)
* "Der König der Mittelstürmer" (1927)
* "Zwischen Nacht und Morgen" (1931)

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