- Born
- Died
- Birth namePhilippine Amann
- Nickname
- Amann, Bee
- Born in Germany to American parents, dark-haired Betty Amann (born Philippine Amann) grew up in the US. She began her screen career as Bee Amann in the mid-'20s, but returned to Germany after appearing in a 'Tom Tyler' Western for low-budget FBO Pictures. Arriving in the wake of Louise Brooks, she was awarded a screen test by producer Erich Pommer and went on to star or co-star in such German productions as Joe May's silent Asphalt (1929) and the talkies Der weiße Teufel (1930)-- opposite Lil Dagover and Ivan Mozzhukhin--and Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933), opposite Dolly Haas. She later did Daughters of Today (1933) in England, but was back in Hollywood by the mid-'30s, where she mainly appeared in "Poverty Row" productions. Her final appearance came in Edgar G. Ulmer's bizarre Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943) for rock-bottom PRC Pictures as one of Gale Sondergaard's "hostesses."- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Lee (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- SpouseDavid B. Stillman(? - April 1963) (his death)
- Betty Amann got the Filmband in Gold in 1987 for her activity for the German film.
- When the National Socialist seized power in Germany in 1933, Betty Amann emigrated to Britain as she was Jewish. However, when she was not able to gain a foothold there as an actress, she returned to Germany and worked there until 1937.
- When her family moved to the USA, she studied to be a painter.
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