Actor
Lil Dagover
Born 29 September 1887 · Madioen, Madioen, Dutch East Indies [now Madiun, East Java, Indonesia] — died 23 January 1980
Lil Dagover (1887–1980) was a German actress born in the Dutch East Indies. She became a star of Weimar-era silent cinema, especially in Expressionist films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. She kept working through the Nazi period and into the 1970s, often in supporting roles after the war.
Key films
Harakiri (1919)
Her screen debut, directed by Fritz Lang, launching her film career.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)On Cinespective
Landmark Expressionist horror film by Robert Wiene, and her best-known early role.
Destiny (1921)
Fritz Lang's celebrated silent fantasy, which confirmed her as a leading lady of Weimar cinema.
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Lang's influential crime epic, in which she appeared among a major ensemble cast.
Congress Dances (1931)
Hit early sound-era musical that showed her success continuing beyond the silent period.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 121
- 1918Der VolontärActor
- 1918Clown CharlyActor
- 1919The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea · as Sun Priestess NaelaActor
- 1919Harakiri · as O-Take-SanActor
- 1919SpiritismusActor
- 1919Phantome des LebensActor
- 1919Der Tänzer · as Andreas MotherActor
- 1919Die Rache ist meinActor
- 1919Bettler GmbHActor
- 1920The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari · as JaneActor
- 1920Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt · as MalattiActor
- 1920Das Blut der AhnenActor
- 1920Die Frau im Himmel · as TatjanaActor
- 1920The Mayor of Zalamea · as IsabelActor
- 1920Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 1. Teil · as MalattiActor
- 1920Die Kwannon von Okadera · as Kwannon von OkaderaActor
- 1921Destiny · as Young Woman / Zobeide / Mona Fiametta / Tiao TsienActor
- 1921The Death in the GreenstreetActor
- 1921Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 3. Teil: Der Mann im Dunkel · as MalattiActor
- 1921Das Geheimnis von Bombay · as Gabriela Farnese/ConchaActor
- 1921ToteninselActor
- 1922Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1922Phantom · as Marie StarkeActor
- 1922Luise MillerinActor
- 1923His Wife, the Unknown · as EvaActor
- 1923Tiefland · as MarthaActor
- 1923Die Prinzessin Suwarin · as Tina BermonteActor
- 1924Comedy of the Heart · as Gerda WerskaActor
- 1925The Chronicles of the Gray House · as BärbeActor
- 1925Der Demütige und die Tänzerin · as ToniActor
- 1926Tartuffe · as Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wifeActor
- 1926Two Brothers · as EstherActor
- 1926Love Is BlindActor
- 1926Der Veilchenfresser · as Melitta von ArthofActor
- 1926Only a Dancing Girl · as Marie BernerActor
- 1927Der Anwalt des Herzens · as June OrchardActor
- 1927Orientexpress · as Beate von MortonActor
- 1927His English Wife · as Cathleen PagetActor
- 1928La Grande Passion · as Sonia de BlichActor
- 1928Hungarian Rhapsody · as CamillaActor
- 1928The Secret Courier · as Mme. Thérèse de RenalActor
- 1928The Maelstrom of ParisActor
- 1929Monte Cristo · as Mercédès / Comtesse de MorcerfActor
- 1929Es flüstert die NachtActor
- 1929Die EheActor
- 1930Boycott · as Frau von Generaldirektor HallerActor
- 1930The White Devil · as NelidowaActor
- 1930The Great Desire · as HerselfActor
- 1930Old Song · as Baronin EggedyActor
- 1930There is a woman who will never forget you · as Tilly FerrantesActor
- 1930The Second Kiss · as Empress Marie TheresaActor
- 1930The Ring of the Empress · as Catherine the GreatActor
- 1930Va Banque · as Harriet WilliamsActor
- 1931Congress Dances · as KomtesseActor
- 1931Elisabeth of Austria · as Elisabeth von ÖsterreichActor
- 1931The Case of Colonel Redl · as Vera NikolayevnaActor
- 1931Madame Bluebeard · as Frau Erika DankwarthActor
- 1932Barbarina, the King's Dancer · as Barberina CampaniniActor
- 1932The Woman from Monte Carlo · as Lottie CorlaixActor
- 1932Married by the Stork · as Thea RolandActor
- 1933Johannisnacht · as Lisa LersActor
- 1934The Fugitive from Chicago · as EvelineActor
- 1934A Woman Who Knows What She Wants · as Manon CavalliniActor
- 1934Ich heirate meine Frau · as Lisa BehmerActor
- 1935The Higher Command · as Madame MartinActor
- 1935Lady Windermeres Fächer · as Mrs. ErlynneActor
- 1935The Bird Seller · as Die KurfürstinActor
- 1936The Final Chord · as Charlotte Garvenberg, seine FrauActor
- 1936The Girl Irene · as Jennifer LawrenceActor
- 1936August der Starke · as Gräfin Aurore KönigsmarkActor
- 1937Fridericus · as Marquise de PompadourActor
- 1937The Kreutzer Sonata · as Jelaina PosdnyschewActor
- 1938The Stars Shine · as GastActor
- 1938Rätsel um Beate · as Beate KaiserlingActor
- 1938Maja zwischen zwei Ehen · as MajaActor
- 1938Triad · as Cornelia ContariniActor
- 1939Detours to Happiness · as Hanna BrachtActor
- 1939Streit um den Knaben Jo · as Leonine BrackwieserActor
- 1940Bismarck · as EugénieActor
- 1940Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius · as Gräfin Franziska von HohenheimActor
- 1940Die RäuberActor
- 1942The Little Residence · as Herzogin von LauffenburgActor
- 1943Vienna 1910 · as Maria AnschützActor
- 1944Musik in Salzburg · as Ursula SandenActor
- 1948Die Söhne des Herrn Gaspary · as Margot von KorffActor
- 1949Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe · as Florentine AlvenslebenActor
- 1950Chased by the Devil · as Frau DakarActor
- 1950Es kommt ein Tag · as Madame MombourActor
- 1952Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee · as LambertaActor
- 1953Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine · as Gräfin WaldenbergActor
- 1953Königliche Hoheit · as Gräfin LöwenjoulActor
- 1954Hubertus Castle · as Baronin Gundi KleesbergActor
- 1955Rosen im Herbst · as Mutter BriestActor
- 1955Der Fischer vom Heiligensee · as Baronin Hermine von VeldenActor
- 1955Die Barrings · as Thilde von BarringActor
- 1955Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe · as Alice LechaudierActor
- 1956Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe · as Kaiserin ElisabethActor
- 1956Meine 16 Söhne · as Frau Senator GiseliusActor
- 1957Unter Palmen am blauen Meer · as Contessa Celestina MoriniActor
- 1958Trees die upright · as GroßmutterActor
- 1959Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil · as Elisabeth BuddenbrookActor
- 1959Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil · as Elisabeth BuddenbrookActor
- 1961The Strange Countess · as Gräfin / Lady Leonora MoronActor
- 1961Der Mann von draußen · as Mrs.GillisActor
- 1963Reisender ohne Gepäck · as HerzoginActor
- 1967Lösegeld für Mylady · as Lady Cherfield / Mrs. FlowersActor
- 1967Siedlung Arkadien · as Frau AssmannActor
- 1968Unwiederbringlich · as Prinzessin Maria EleonoreActor
- 1969Hotel Royal · as Maharani von DungapurActor
- 1971GlückspilzeActor
- 1971Kolibri · as Anna Maria HansenActor
- 1971Professor Sound und die Pille · as Seine FrauActor
- 1971Paradies der alten Damen · as Leonore FellerActor
- 1973The Pedestrian · as Frau EschenlohrActor
- 1973Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt · as SelfActor
- 1975End of the Game · as Gastmann's MotherActor
- 1975Memento Mori · as Charmian ColstonActor
- 1977The Standard · as ErzherzoginActor
- 1977Die TeufelsbrautActor
- 1979Tales from the Vienna Woods · as HeleneActor
- 2017100 Years of the UFA · as Self - Actress (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.