Betty Amann

Betty Amann was a German-American film actress. Born to American parents in Germany, she began her acting career in the United States with the film The Kick-Off (1926). She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Rich and Strange (1931), as well as an array of comedies. She is perhaps best known for her role in Asphalt (1929). Back in Germany, she starred in The Big Bluff, Die kleine Schwindlerin, and Tugboat M 17, in which she portrayed a prostitute and thief who seduces a family man. Her final film role was as a harbor prostitute in Edgar G. Ulmer's treasure hunter movie Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943). In 1987, Amann received the German Award Filmband in Gold for her long and outstanding work and performance for the German film.