Gertrude Welcker
ActingJuly 15, 1896— August 1, 1988 (age 92)
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Also Known As
Gertrud Welcker, Gertrude Welker
Biography
Gertrude Welcker was a German stage and screen actress. From 1916 to 1919 she performed in Max Reinhardt theaters, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Kammerspiele, and Volksbühne. She made her film debut in "Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty" in 1917. She ended her film career after 64 features in 1925. She stayed on a couple of years in the theatre. In 1941 she became a Red Cross nurse and escaped to Sweden as Gertud Carlsund.
Movies
(29 total)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
19227.7
as Countess Dusy Told
Algol: Tragedy of Power
19206.4
as Leonore Nissen
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917
as Ein Engel
When the Dead are Living Again
1919
as Dagmar Sunvall/Ingeborg Sunvall
The Woman House of Brescia
1920
as Queen Margaret
Das Recht der freien Liebe
1920
as Lony Palmers
Der Tänzer
1919
as Lucie Trenkwitz
