Maria Matray(1907-1993)

Maria Matray was born on 14 July 1907 in Niederschönhausen [now Berlin], Germany. She was a writer and actress, known for The Ringer (1932), Sonderdezernat K1 (1972) and ...und abends in die Scala (1958). She was married to Ernst Matray. She died on 30 October 1993 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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TV Series

5.3

Ein Mann mit Herz
8.4
- Carla (as Maria Solveg)
- 1932
The Ringer
6.2
- Mary Lenley (as Maria Solveg)
- 1932
Aus einer kleinen Residenz
- (as Maria Solveg)
- 1932
Der Geheimagent
6.1
- (as Maria Solveg)
- 1932
The Isle of Lies
- Vanda Bilt (as Maria Solveg)
- 1932
Der Hochtourist
- Alice Mylius (as Maria Solveg)
- 1931
Elisabeth von Österreich
6.2
- Fanny Angerer (as Maria Solveg)
- 1931
Kennst Du das Land
- Emilia, seine Tochter (as Maria Solveg)
- 1931
Stürmisch die Nacht
- (as Maria Solveg)
- 1931
Road to Rio
6.5
- Opfer Inge Weber, ein Tippmädel (as Maria Solveg)
- 1931
Tattoo on the Rhine
- Dina, Kemps Tochter (as Maria Solveg)
- 1930
The Son of the White Mountain
6.0
- Anni (as Maria Solveg)
- 1930
Never Trust a Woman
5.2
- Katja (as Maria Solveg)
- 1930
Vererbte Triebe: Der Kampf ums neue Geschlecht
- Jeannette (as Maria Solveg)
- 1929
Die Ehe
5.8
- (as Maria Solveg)
- 1929

Trivia
German-Jewish dancer, actress and writer, daughter of an engineer and later director of AEG. Married her mentor, the director and choreographer Ernst Matray. Acted in films under the name Maria Solveg, perhaps best remembered as leading lady to Louis Trenker in the mountaineering drama The Son of the White Mountain (1930). With her husband, emigrated to the United States in 1936, becoming an American citizen four years later. Worked sporadically in Hollywood during the 1940's as choreographer or assistant director. Began a new career in the early 1950's (as Maria Matray) as a writer of television scripts, mostly in collaboration with Answald Krüger.