Biography

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."
- IMDb mini biography by: Mark Lee (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)

Betty Amann got the Filmband in Gold in 1987 for her activity for the German film.

When the National Socialist seized power in Germany in 1933, Betty Amann emigrated to Britain as she was Jewish. However, when she was not able to gain a foothold there as an actress, she returned to Germany and worked there until 1937.

When her family moved to the USA, she studied to be a painter.