Rosa Valetti

She joined the film business very soon and she took part in the movies "Madame Potiphar" (1911) and "Die Ballhaus-Anna" (1911).

The inflation of 1919 to 1923 and the subsequent collapse of the German economy forced Valetti to close her cabaret Cafe Megalomania.

Rosa Valetti was born the daughter of industrialist Felix Vallentin, and was the sister of Hermann Vallentin. She first appeared on the Berlin stage and later also in Paris, Bruxelles and Vienna. During the first WW she worked for Ludwig Roth, her first husband, at the Residenz-Theater in Berlin. She also worked as a director and acted in most theaters. A meeting with Kurt Tucholsky gave her an opportunity to work in cabaret, firstly in "Schall und Rauch". In 1920 she created her own cabaret "Café Grössenwahn", in 1922 "Die Rampe" and 1923 "Comedia Valetti", in which she also worked with her brother. She played in many cabarets around Europe and appeared in the Premiere of "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("The Three Penny Opera").

Her age and sturdy mien ensured that she acted mostly in motherly roles, as in the 1925 film Die Prinzessin und der Geiger (The Princess and the Violinist), in which she played a 46-year-old grandmother.

She celebrated her greatest successes on stages in Berlin where she not only worked as an actress but also as a director. Her biggest triumph at the theater was the première of "Die Dreigroschenoper" in 1928.

In all she played in more than 40 films including in 1930 "Der Blaue Engel" ("The Blue Angel", "L'ange bleu") with Marlene Dietrich.

In 1933 she left Nazi Germany for Vienna, Austria, and worked until 1935 at the Theater at der Josefstadt, making guest appearances in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

After 1934 she could no longer work in Germany because of her Jewish roots. She went to Austria and in 1936 to Palestine. She never appeared again in a movie.