Erich von Stroheim: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria Von Stroheim • Erich Oswald Stroheim
Born	September 22, 1885 • Vienna • Austria
Died	May 12, 1957 (aged 71) • near Paris • France
Notable Works	“Greed”
Married To	Valerie Germonprez (married 1920) • Margaret Knox (1913–1915) • Mary Agnes Jones (1916–1919)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"As You Desire Me" (1932) • "The Honeymoon" (1930) • "Le monde tremblera" (1939) • "Panthea" (1917) • "L'affaire Lafarge" (1938) • "Blind Husbands" (1919) • "I Was an Adventuress" (1940) • "On ne meurt pas comme ça" (1946) • "Macao, l'enfer du jeu" (1942) • "Pièges" (1939) • "For France" (1917) • "Draft 258" (1917) • "Les disparus de St. Agil" (1938) • "Série noire" (1955) • "Ultimatum" (1938) • "Three Faces East" (1930) • "Les pirates du rail" (1938) • "Napoléon" (1955) • "Portrait d'un assassin" (1949) • "Fugitive Road" (1934) • "The Wedding March" (1928) • "So Ends Our Night" (1941) • "Under Secret Orders" (1937) • "Who Goes There?" (1917) • "La madone des sleepings" (1955) • "The Flying Torpedo" (1916) • "The Hun Within" (1918) • "The Crime of Doctor Crespi" (1935) • "The Heart of Humanity" (1918) • "Friends and Lovers" (1931) • "Orient Express" (1952–1954) • "Rappel immédiat" (1939) • "Derrière la façade" (1939) • "The Social Secretary" (1916) • "L'alibi" (1937) • "The North Star" (1943) • "L'envers du paradis" (1953) • "The Great Flamarion" (1945) • "Sylvia of the Secret Service" (1917) • "La danse de mort" (1948) • "Alerte au sud" (1953) • "Hearts of the World" (1918) • "Scotland Yard Investigator" (1945) • "Sunset Blvd." (1950) • "Minuit... Quai de Bercy" (1953) • "Old Heidelberg" (1915) • "La grande illusion" (1937) • "Alraune" (1952) • "The Lady and the Monster" (1944) • "Gibraltar" (1938) • "Tempête" (1940) • "La foire aux chimères" (1946) • "The Mask of Diijon" (1946) • "Foolish Wives" (1922) • "The Unbeliever" (1918) • "The Great Gabbo" (1929) • "Storm Over Lisbon" (1944) • "Menaces..." (1940) • "Le signal rouge" (1949) • "The Lost Squadron" (1932) • "Five Graves to Cairo" (1943) • "Marthe Richard au service de la France" (1937) • "Crimson Romance" (1934)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The Wedding March" (1928) • "The Merry Widow" (1925) • "The Honeymoon" (1930) • "Blind Husbands" (1919) • "The Devil's Passkey" (1920) • "Queen Kelly" (1932) • "Foolish Wives" (1922) • "Hello, Sister!" (1933) • "Greed" (1924)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"The Honeymoon" (1930) • "Blind Husbands" (1919) • "Queen Kelly" (1932) • "The Devil-Doll" (1936) • "The Wedding March" (1928) • "The Devil's Passkey" (1920) • "Between Two Women" (1937) • "Gibraltar" (1938) • "Greed" (1924) • "Hello, Sister!" (1933) • "The Merry Widow" (1925) • "Papatya" (1956) • "La danse de mort" (1948)