
Acting
Henny Porten
Born 1890-01-07
Magdeburg, Germany
Department: Acting
Biography
Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Henny Porten
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (114 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyrical Nitrate | (archive footage) | Movie | 1991 | |
![]() | The Lady of Scuderi | Fräulein von Scuderi | Movie | 1955 |
![]() | Carola Lamberti | Carola Lamberti | Movie | 1954 |
| Unknown Sender | Direktorin der Höheren Mädchenschule | Movie | 1950 | |
![]() | Marriage of Affection | Wilhelmine Buchholz | Movie | 1944 |
![]() | The Buchholz Family | Wilhelmine Buchholz | Movie | 1944 |
![]() | When the Young Wine Blossoms | Elisa Arvik | Movie | 1943 |
![]() | Symphonie eines Lebens | Maria, seine Frau | Movie | 1943 |
![]() | The Comedians | Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels | Movie | 1941 |
![]() | War es der im 3. Stock? | Frau Seiderhelm | Movie | 1939 |
![]() | The Optimist | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 |
| Trouble Backstairs | Witwe Bock | Movie | 1935 | |
![]() | Mother and Child | Anna | Movie | 1934 |
![]() | Luise, Queen of Prussia | Königin Luise | Movie | 1931 |
![]() | Luise, Queen of Prussia | Producer | Movie | 1931 |
![]() | 24 Hours of a Woman's Life | Helga Vanroh | Movie | 1931 |
![]() | 24 Hours of a Woman's Life | Producer | Movie | 1931 |
![]() | Gretel and Liesel | Liesel & Gretel, Kohlhiesels Töchter | Movie | 1930 |
![]() | Scandalous Eva | Eva Rüttgers | Movie | 1930 |
![]() | Scandalous Eva | Producer | Movie | 1930 |
| The Mistress and Her Servant | Johanna von Grothe | Movie | 1929 | |
![]() | Mutterliebe | Maria Immermann | Movie | 1929 |
![]() | Die Frau, die jeder liebt, bist du! | Minny | Movie | 1929 |
![]() | Liebfraumilch | Klara | Movie | 1929 |
![]() | Liebe im Kuhstall | Marischka | Movie | 1928 |
![]() | Refuge | Hanne Lorek | Movie | 1928 |
![]() | Refuge | Producer | Movie | 1928 |
![]() | Lotte | Lotte | Movie | 1928 |
| Die Hotelratte | Anna von Belling | Movie | 1928 | |
![]() | Violantha | Violantha Zureich | Movie | 1928 |
| The Long Intermission | Gabriele Amberg | Movie | 1927 | |
![]() | Meine Tante - deine Tante | Helene | Movie | 1927 |
| Die Flammen lügen | Gertrud von Gehr | Movie | 1926 | |
| Rosen aus dem Süden | Dr. Eva Maron | Movie | 1926 | |
![]() | Wehe wenn sie losgelassen | Cäcilie | Movie | 1926 |
| Tragödie | Gräfin Maria Tamar | Movie | 1925 | |
| Das Abenteuer der Sybille Brant | Sibylle Brant | Movie | 1925 | |
![]() | Das goldene Kalb | Magdalena | Movie | 1925 |
![]() | Kammermusik | Hilde von Niemeyer | Movie | 1925 |
![]() | Prater | Annemarie | Movie | 1924 |
![]() | Countess Donelli | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1924 |
![]() | Mother and Child | Lene | Movie | 1924 |
![]() | The Film in the Film | Self | Movie | 1924 |
| Inge Larsen | Inge Larsen | Movie | 1924 | |
| Das Geheimnis von Brinkenhof | Maria Brinkenhof | Movie | 1923 | |
![]() | I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity | Maria | Movie | 1923 |
![]() | The Ancient Law | Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia | Movie | 1923 |
![]() | The Jew of Mestri | Porzia (Beatrice) | Movie | 1923 |
![]() | The Love of a Queen | Die Königin | Movie | 1923 |
| She and the Three | "Sie", Lia Lona, Schauspielerin | Movie | 1922 | |
| She and the Three | Producer | Movie | 1922 | |
| Frauenopfer | Maria | Movie | 1922 | |
![]() | Backstairs | The Maid | Movie | 1921 |
![]() | Backstairs | Producer | Movie | 1921 |
![]() | Die Geierwally | Wally | Movie | 1921 |
![]() | Die Geierwally | Producer | Movie | 1921 |
![]() | Anna Boleyn | Anna Boleyn, his Niece | Movie | 1920 |
![]() | Die goldene Krone | Marianne | Movie | 1920 |
![]() | Kohlhiesel's Daughters | Liesel und Gretel Kohlhiesel | Movie | 1920 |
![]() | Monika Vogelsang | Monica Vogelsang | Movie | 1920 |
![]() | Die Fahrt ins Blaue | Wanda Lossen | Movie | 1919 |
| Rose Bernd | Rose Bernd | Movie | 1919 | |
| Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth | Ruth Elvstedt | Movie | 1919 | |
![]() | Die Schuld | Maria Helga Nansen | Movie | 1919 |
![]() | Her Sport | Adelina von Gentz | Movie | 1919 |
![]() | Irrungen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1919 |
| Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell | Die Probiermamsell | Movie | 1918 | |
![]() | Die blaue Laterne | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1918 |
| Die Heimkehr des Odysseus | Josepha | Movie | 1918 | |
![]() | Die Sieger | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1918 |
| Das Maskenfest des Lebens | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1918 | |
| Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier | Agnes Arnau | Movie | 1918 | |
![]() | Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1918 |
| Auf Probe gestellt | Gräfin Marlene von Steinitz | Movie | 1918 | |
![]() | Countess Kitchenmaid | Karoline Blume / Gräfin Gyllenhand | Movie | 1918 |
![]() | The Giant's Fist | Martina von Brake | Movie | 1917 |
| Die Claudi vom Geiserhof | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 | |
![]() | Hann, Hein und Henny | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
![]() | Gefangene Seele | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
![]() | Die Prinzessin von Neutralien | Ethel Vandergold (daughter) | Movie | 1917 |
| Christa Hartungen | Christa Hartungen | Movie | 1917 | |
![]() | Der Liebesbrief der Königin | Königin von Illyrien | Movie | 1917 |
![]() | Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
| Der wandernde Blumentopf | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1916 | |
![]() | The Robber Bride | Mädchen | Movie | 1916 |
![]() | Das wandernde Licht | Anna von Glassner | Movie | 1916 |
| Abseits vom Glück | Silvia Aguzzi / Ruth Aguzzi | Movie | 1916 | |
| Der Schirm mit dem Schwan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1916 | |
| Das große Schweigen | Margarete Lasson | Movie | 1916 | |
| Nur nicht heiraten | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1915 | |
![]() | Das Ende vom Liede | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1915 |
![]() | Das Ende vom Liede | Writer | Movie | 1915 |
![]() | Das Ende vom Liede | Production Design | Movie | 1915 |
| Alexandra | Alexandra | Movie | 1915 | |
![]() | Nordlandrose | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1914 |
| Ein Mädchen zu verschenken | Prologue | Movie | 1913 | |
| Komtesse Ursel | Komtesse Ursel | Movie | 1913 | |
| Eva | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 | |
![]() | The Minister's Daughter | Karla | Movie | 1913 |
![]() | Erloschenes Licht | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1913 |
![]() | Kämpfende Herzen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 |
| Schatten des Lebens | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 | |
| Maskierte Liebe | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 | |
![]() | Adressatin verstorben | Juliane Crusius | Movie | 1912 |
![]() | Specter of the Sea | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 |
![]() | Tragödie eines Streiks | Arbeiterfrau | Movie | 1911 |
| Outlawed | Brigitte | Movie | 1911 | |
| Mütter, verzaget nicht | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1911 | |
| Das Liebesglück der Blinden | Blindes Mädchen | Movie | 1911 | |
| Forget About Luck | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1911 | |
| Andreas Hofer | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1909 | |
| Meißner Porzellan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1906 | |
| Apachentanz | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1906 | |
| Vater ist im Kriege | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |








































































