Angela Salloker

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Angela Salloker (1913-2006) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in a number of 1930s films, notably in the title role in the 1935 film Joan of Arc . [1] Following the Second World War she appeared largely in television.

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In 1936 she played the major role of Charlotte Corday in a play about her assassination of Jean-Paul Marat at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. [2]

Selected filmography

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  1. Fox p.24
  2. London p.117

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