Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955.

KNOWN FOR

Monika Vogelsang
1920
Gretel and Liesel
1930
Die Schuld
1919
Lotte
1928
Die Geierwally
1921
Countess Kitchenmaid
1918
The Lady of Scuderi
1955
Alexandra
1915
The Robber Bride
1916
The Optimist
1938
Erloschenes Licht
1913
Her Sport
1919

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
105
Writing
1
Producing
7
Art
1
1991
Lyrical Nitrate
as (archive footage)
1955
The Lady of Scuderi
as Fräulein von Scuderi
1954
Carola Lamberti
as Carola Lamberti
1950
Unknown Sender
as Direktorin der Höheren Mädchenschule
1944
The Buchholz Family
as Wilhelmine Buchholz
1944
Marriage of Affection
as Wilhelmine Buchholz
1943
Symphonie eines Lebens
as Maria, seine Frau
1943
When the Young Wine Blossoms
as Elisa Arvik
1941
The Comedians
as Herzogin Amalia von Weißenfels
1939
War es der im 3. Stock?
as Frau Seiderhelm
1938
The Optimist
1935
Trouble Backstairs
as Witwe Bock
1934
Mother and Child
as Anna
1931
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
as Helga Vanroh
1931
Luise, Queen of Prussia
as Königin Luise
1930
Scandalous Eva
as Eva Rüttgers
1930
Gretel and Liesel
as Liesel & Gretel, Kohlhiesels Töchter
1929
Mutterliebe
as Maria Immermann
1929
Liebfraumilch
as Klara
1929
Die Frau, die jeder liebt, bist du!
as Minny
1929
The Mistress and Her Servant
as Johanna von Grothe
1928
Liebe im Kuhstall
as Marischka
1928
Refuge
as Hanne Lorek
1928
Violantha
as Violantha Zureich
1928
Lotte
as Lotte
1928
Die Hotelratte
as Anna von Belling
1927
The Long Intermission
as Gabriele Amberg
1927
Meine Tante - deine Tante
as Helene
1926
Die Flammen lügen
as Gertrud von Gehr
1926
Rosen aus dem Süden
as Dr. Eva Maron
1926
Wehe wenn sie losgelassen
as Cäcilie
1925
Das Abenteuer der Sybille Brant
as Sibylle Brant
1925
Tragödie
as Gräfin Maria Tamar
1925
Kammermusik
as Hilde von Niemeyer
1925
Das goldene Kalb
as Magdalena
1924
Inge Larsen
as Inge Larsen
1924
Prater
as Annemarie
1924
Mother and Child
as Lene
1924
The Film in the Film
as Self
1924
Countess Donelli
1923
The Ancient Law
as Erzherzogin Elisabeth Theresia
1923
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
as Maria
1923
Das Geheimnis von Brinkenhof
as Maria Brinkenhof
1923
The Jew of Mestri
as Porzia (Beatrice)
1923
The Love of a Queen
as Die Königin
1922
She and the Three
as "Sie", Lia Lona, Schauspielerin
1922
Frauenopfer
as Maria
1921
Die Geierwally
as Wally
1921
Backstairs
as The Maid
1920
Anna Boleyn
as Anna Boleyn, his Niece
1920
Kohlhiesel's Daughters
as Liesel und Gretel Kohlhiesel
1920
Monika Vogelsang
as Monica Vogelsang
1920
Die goldene Krone
as Marianne
1919
Rose Bernd
as Rose Bernd
1919
Die Fahrt ins Blaue
as Wanda Lossen
1919
Die Schuld
as Maria Helga Nansen
1919
Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth
as Ruth Elvstedt
1919
Her Sport
as Adelina von Gentz
1919
Irrungen
1918
Countess Kitchenmaid
as Karoline Blume / Gräfin Gyllenhand
1918
Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
as Die Probiermamsell
1918
Die blaue Laterne
1918
Die Sieger
1918
Auf Probe gestellt
as Gräfin Marlene von Steinitz
1918
Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier
as Agnes Arnau
1918
Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall
1918
Das Maskenfest des Lebens
1918
Die Heimkehr des Odysseus
as Josepha
1917
Hann, Hein und Henny
1917
Der Liebesbrief der Königin
as Königin von Illyrien
1917
The Giant's Fist
as Martina von Brake
1917
Die Claudi vom Geiserhof
1917
Gefangene Seele
1917
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
1917
Christa Hartungen
as Christa Hartungen
1917
Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
as Ethel Vandergold (daughter)
1916
Abseits vom Glück
as Silvia Aguzzi / Ruth Aguzzi
1916
The Robber Bride
as Mädchen
1916
Das wandernde Licht
as Anna von Glassner
1916
Der wandernde Blumentopf
1916
Das große Schweigen
as Margarete Lasson
1916
Der Schirm mit dem Schwan
1915
Alexandra
as Alexandra
1915
Das Ende vom Liede
1915
Nur nicht heiraten
1914
Nordlandrose
1913
Eva
1913
Erloschenes Licht
1913
Komtesse Ursel
as Komtesse Ursel
1913
The Minister's Daughter
as Karla
1913
Ein Mädchen zu verschenken
as Prologue
1912
Schatten des Lebens
1912
Specter of the Sea
1912
Maskierte Liebe
1912
Adressatin verstorben
as Juliane Crusius
1912
Kämpfende Herzen
1911
Outlawed
as Brigitte
1911
Forget About Luck
1911
Mütter, verzaget nicht
1911
Das Liebesglück der Blinden
as Blindes Mädchen
1911
Tragödie eines Streiks
as Arbeiterfrau
1909
Andreas Hofer
1906
Apachentanz
1906
Meißner Porzellan
Vater ist im Kriege