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Lilian Harvey

Date of birth: 1906-01-19

Place of birth: Hornsey, London, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Lilian Helen Muriel Pape

Lilian Harvey

Biography

Lilian Harvey (born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape; January 19, 1906 – July 27, 1968) was an Anglo-German actress and singer, long based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongreß tanzt.

Movie Credits

The Three from the Filling Station
3

The Three from the Filling Station

1930-09-15

Willy, Kurt and Hans are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then, they all fa

Princess, At Your Orders!
0

Princess, At Your Orders!

1931-04-02

Simultaneously made French version of "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt": An officer, posing as a deli clerk, an

Castles in the Air
2.5

Castles in the Air

1939-03-19

A wardrobe mistress at a Vienna theatre wins a competition, receiving as her prize a luxury tour rou

The Congress Dances
3.6

The Congress Dances

1931-09-29

Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Mettern

The girl and the boy
0

The girl and the boy

1931-03-05

I Am Suzanne!
3.1

I Am Suzanne!

1933-12-25

A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The

Black Roses
0

Black Roses

1936-12-13

Released in Germany as Schwarze Rosen, Black Roses represented the return to UFA studios of British

Lucky Kids
3.4

Lucky Kids

1936-09-19

After completing work on the British musical Invitation to the Waltz, Lillian Harvey returned to her

A Blonde Dream
2.4

A Blonde Dream

1932-09-23

Rival window cleaners Willy I and Willy 2 befriend Jou-Jou, an aspiring dancer, who has been tricked

The Only Girl
3

The Only Girl

1933-02-22

A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. Durin

My Weakness
0

My Weakness

1933-09-22

A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady into a glamorous fas

Capriccio
2.5

Capriccio

1938-08-10

Lilian Harvey plays a young heiress in long-ago France named Madelon who is raised by her grandfathe

Burglars
3.1

Burglars

1930-12-15

The young wife of a rich old husband is prevented of a fling by a gentleman-burglar, who falls in lo

Hokuspokus
0

Hokuspokus

1930-07-10

Hokuspokus is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy

Seven Slaps
3.1

Seven Slaps

1937-08-02

William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsib

Die Kleine vom Bummel
0

Die Kleine vom Bummel

1925-12-30

The story of a "little," well-behaved girl who plunges into the "sinful" big city and risks getting

A Knight in London
2.1

A Knight in London

1928-12-17

A prince makes a socialite think she spent the night in his room.

Quick
3

Quick

1932-08-07

Lilian Harvey plays Eva, a young girl taking some time in a health spa and spending her evenings in

No More Love
3.8

No More Love

1931-07-26

An American millionaire, who had always bad luck with women, bets that he can live without them for

Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag
0

Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag

1932-02-19

Fanny Elssler
3

Fanny Elssler

1937-11-04

Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichsta

Black Roses
2.9

Black Roses

1935-12-23

Erkki Collin is a hunted man. The Czar’s soldiers have been close on the heels of the leader of the

Woman at the Wheel
4

Woman at the Wheel

1939-06-19

Maria Kelemen is a secretary in the office of a bank in Budapest. Her boss, director Borden, courts

My Lips Betray
0

My Lips Betray

1933-11-04

In a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer garden fo

The Road to Paradise
3.5

The Road to Paradise

1930-11-14

Willy, Jean and Guy are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then they all fall

The Only Girl
0

The Only Girl

1933-06-17

English-language version of Ich und die Kaiserin. 'Germany, 1890. Duke falls in love with voice whi

Congress Dances
0

Congress Dances

1931-12-03

In 1815, Tsar Alexander I romances a working-class glove seller, while his double takes his place at

Schubert's Serenade
0

Schubert's Serenade

1940-02-28

Serenade represented the return to the screen of international favorite Lillian Harvey after an abse

Liebeswalzer
0

Liebeswalzer

1930-02-07

Invitation to the Waltz
0

Invitation to the Waltz

1935-10-01

As the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England

The Love Waltz
3.5

The Love Waltz

1930-07-23

Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lill

The Temporary Widow
0

The Temporary Widow

1930-07-13

Kitty Kellermann is put on trial for murdering her husband, a failed painter. When her counsel resig

Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst
0

Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst

1929-11-20

Vater werden ist nicht schwer...
0

Vater werden ist nicht schwer...

1926-12-31

Leidenschaft
0

Leidenschaft

1925-04-25

Vacation from Marriage
0

Vacation from Marriage

1927-12-13

Liebe und Trompetenblasen
0

Liebe und Trompetenblasen

1925-08-13

Adieu Mascotte
3.3

Adieu Mascotte

1929-08-01

Based on a story by Michel Linsky, "Adieu, Mascotte" revolves around an artist's model named Mascott

Jornal Português (1938-1951)
0

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

2015-12-14

The newsreel series Jornal Português (1938-1951) was produced for the Secretariat of National Propag

The Chaste Susanne
3.1

The Chaste Susanne

1926-11-11

Naughty Susanne leads an exciting double life between her hometown and Paris: in the provincial nest

Miquette
0

Miquette

1940-05-01

Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco s

Let's Live Tonight
0.5

Let's Live Tonight

1935-03-16

Nick Kerry (Tullio Carminati) is a rich rounder who holds tremendous fascination over women......mai

Die tolle Lola
0

Die tolle Lola

1927-07-25

Two women, one man all the amourous combinations and a lot of tango and waltzes being danced in this

Quick
0

Quick

1932-08-23

A woman staying at a health spa (Lillian Harvey, goes to the theater every night to see "Quick" a co

Her Dark Spot
0

Her Dark Spot

1929-01-19

When registering in a Berlin hotel, the beautiful Lilian realizes that she apparently has a doppelga

Calais-Douvres
0

Calais-Douvres

1931-09-18

French language version of Nie wieder Liebe! (1931) Disgusted with love, a man bets 500,000 that he

Thou Shalt Not Steal
0

Thou Shalt Not Steal

1928-02-08

Der Fluch
0

Der Fluch

1925-02-28

A young Jewish woman in an Eastern European shtetl struggles to reconcile her aspirations with her d

Prinzessin Trulala
0

Prinzessin Trulala

1926-04-15

Happy Ever After
0

Happy Ever After

1932-09-23

Two window cleaners help a girl who is trying to get to Hollywood.

Moi et l'impératrice
0

Moi et l'impératrice

1933-03-17

Heart Song(U.S. release in 1934.)