Portrait of Henny Porten

Acting

Henny Porten

Career

Active from 1911 to 1991, with a break from 1956 to 1990, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles
75
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Lyrical Nitrate
GoodWatch score74/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Early German Cinema 2
  • Theatrical Acting Style 2
  • Early Cinema 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Tragic Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 74
Lyrical Nitrate
Lyrical Nitrate (1991)
GoodWatch score 74

as (archive footage)

1950s

3 titles
The Lady of Scuderi
The Lady of Scuderi (1955)

as Fräulein von Scuderi

Carola Lamberti
Carola Lamberti (1954)

as Carola Lamberti

Unknown Sender
Unknown Sender (1950)

as Direktorin der Höheren Mädchenschule

1940s

5 titles
The Buchholz Family
The Buchholz Family (1944)

as Wilhelmine Buchholz

Marriage of Affection
Marriage of Affection (1944)

as Wilhelmine Buchholz

Symphonie eines Lebens
Symphonie eines Lebens (1943)

as Maria, seine Frau

When the Young Wine Blossoms
When the Young Wine Blossoms (1943)

as Elisa Arvik

The Comedians
The Comedians (1941)

as Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels

1930s

7 titles
War es der im 3. Stock?
War es der im 3. Stock? (1939)

as Frau Seiderhelm

Trouble Backstairs
Trouble Backstairs (1935)

as Witwe Bock

Mother and Child
Mother and Child (1934)

as Anna

Luise, Queen of Prussia
Luise, Queen of Prussia (1931)

as Königin Luise

24 Hours of a Woman's Life
24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1931)

as Helga Vanroh

Gretel and Liesel
Gretel and Liesel (1930)

as Liesel & Gretel, Kohlhiesels Töchter

Scandalous Eva
Scandalous Eva (1930)

as Eva Rüttgers

1920s

34 titles · average score 66
Violantha
Violantha (1928)

as Violantha Zureich

Refuge
Refuge (1928)

as Hanne Lorek

Lotte
Lotte (1928)

as Lotte

Die Hotelratte
Die Hotelratte (1928)

as Anna von Belling

Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen (1926)

as Cäcilie

The Ancient Law
The Ancient Law (1923)
GoodWatch score 70

as Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia

I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity (1923)

as Maria

The Jew of Mestri
The Jew of Mestri (1923)

as Porzia (Beatrice)

Backstairs
Backstairs (1921)
GoodWatch score 65

as The Maid

Die Geierwally
Die Geierwally (1921)

as Wally

Anna Boleyn
Anna Boleyn (1920)
GoodWatch score 67

as Anna Boleyn, his Niece

Kohlhiesel's Daughters
Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920)
GoodWatch score 62

as Liesel und Gretel Kohlhiesel

1910s

27 titles
Rose Bernd
Rose Bernd (1919)

as Rose Bernd

Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth
Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth (1919)

as Ruth Elvstedt

Her Sport
Her Sport (1919)

as Adelina von Gentz

Die Schuld
Die Schuld (1919)

as Maria Helga Nansen

Die Fahrt ins Blaue
Die Fahrt ins Blaue (1919)

as Wanda Lossen

Countess Kitchenmaid
Countess Kitchenmaid (1918)

as Karoline Blume / Gräfin Gyllenhand

The Robber Bride
The Robber Bride (1916)

as Mädchen

Das wandernde Licht
Das wandernde Licht (1916)

as Anna von Glassner

Alexandra
Alexandra (1915)

as Alexandra

Das Ende vom Liede
Das Ende vom Liede (1915)

Production Design, Writer

Outlawed
Outlawed (1911)

as Brigitte

Das Liebesglück der Blinden
Das Liebesglück der Blinden (1911)

as Blindes Mädchen