Betty Amann(1905-1990)
- Actress
Born in Germany to American parents, dark-haired Betty Amann (born
Philippine Amann) grew up in the US. She began her screen
career as Bee Amann in the mid-'20s, but returned to Germany after
appearing in a 'Tom Tyler' Western for low-budget FBO Pictures. Arriving in the
wake of Louise Brooks, she was awarded a screen test by producer Erich Pommer
and went on to star or co-star in such German productions as Joe May's
silent Asphalt (1929) and the talkies The White Devil (1930)-- opposite
Lil Dagover and Ivan Mozzhukhin--and Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933),
opposite Dolly Haas. She later did Daughters of Today (1933) in
England, but was back in Hollywood by the mid-'30s, where she mainly
appeared in "Poverty Row" productions. Her final appearance came in Edgar G. Ulmer's bizarre Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943) for rock-bottom PRC Pictures as one of Gale Sondergaard's "hostesses."
