1. Philippine Amann, known professionally as Betty Amann, was an American film actress.
10 Facts About Betty Amann
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Betty Amann is perhaps best known for her role in Asphalt.
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Philippine Amann was born in 1905 in Pirmasens to a Swiss-German Lutheran family.
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Betty Amann next appeared in seven Mack Sennett short comedies, including The Campus Vamp, which featured a pre-Hollywood fame Carole Lombard.
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Betty Amann remained in Germany, where she next starred in The Convict from Istanbul with Heinrich George and Paul Horbiger.
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Betty Amann followed up with The White Devil, and traveled to Poland, where she appeared in Niebezpieczny romans, which was her last silent film.
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Betty Amann's following speaking parts included a millionaire's daughter in Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days, as well as an alluring stranger who turns out to be a murderess in Carl Froelich's crime film Hans in Every Street.
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Betty Amann married David B Stillman in 1938 and returned to America for the final time.
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In 1987, Betty Amann received the German award Filmband in Gold for her long and outstanding work and performance for the German film.
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Betty Amann was cremated at Ferncliff Crematorium in Hartsdale, New York on 4 August 1990 and buried at Willowbrook Cemetery in Westport, Connecticut on 23 May 1991.