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Lil Dagover
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Actor Born: September 30, 1894 in Madiven, Java Death: January 23, 1980 in Munich, Germany Biography:Actress "Lil Dagover" was born in Java to a Dutch family working in that country. She was educated in Baden-Baden and Weimar, Germany. While pursuing an acting career she married a much-older stage performer, Fritz Daghofer. The marriage was brief but it did give Lil her professional last name, which she respelled. Somewhat reminiscent of American film star "Theda Bara" in her dark-lined makeup and florid acting mannerisms, Dagover was ideal for the surrealistic ambience of her first important film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919), and soon other European actresses were adopting Lil's heavy-lidded, highly stylized technique. Ms. Dagover was a particular favorite of director "Fritz Lang", who cast the actress in such exotic silent classics "Die Spinnen" ["Spiders"] (1919), "Destiny" (1921) and "Dr. Mabuse der Spieler" (1922). Lil made one American film, Warner Bros.' "The Woman From Monte Carlo"... Full Biography
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