Betty Amann

Betty Amann
Amann in 1933
Born
Philippine Amann

(1905-03-10)10 March 1905
Died2 or 3 August 1990 (aged 85)
Resting placeWillowbrook Cemetery
Other names
  • Bee Amann
OccupationActress
Years active1926–1943
Spouse
David B. Stillman
(m. 1938; died 1963)

Philippine Amann (10 March 1905 – 2 or 3 August 1990),[1][2][3][4][5] known professionally as Betty Amann, was an American film actress.[6] Born to American parents in the German Empire, she began her acting career in the United States with the film The Kick-Off (1926).[7] She is perhaps best known for her role in Asphalt (1929).

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  2. ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology. ISBN 9780786410590.
  3. ^ Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. ISBN 9781476625997.
  4. ^ Massa, Steve. "Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy".
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  6. ^ Prawer, Siegbert Salomon (2007) [2005]. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-84545-303-9.
  7. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9. The daughter of German-American parents, Amman grew up in the United States [...] she made her film debut in the college romance The Kick Off[.]