
Biography
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. His 1924 film Greed (an adaptation of Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague) is considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. After clashes with Hollywood studio bosses over budget and workers' rights problems, Stroheim found it difficult to find work as a director and subsequently became a well-respected character actor, particularly in French cinema.
For his early innovations as a director, Stroheim is still celebrated as one of the first of the auteur directors. He helped introduce more sophisticated plots and nourish sexual and psychological undercurrents into cinema. He died of prostate cancer in France in 1957, at the age of 71. Beloved by Parisian neo-Surrealists known as Letterists, he was honored by Letterist Maurice Lemaître with a 70-minute 1979 film titled Erich von Stroheim.
Filmography
All 83
Movies 83
Director 11
Self 7
Writter 2

Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)

Edge of Outside (2006)

The Man You Loved to Hate (1979)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)

Armored Attack! (1957)

La madone des sleepings (1955)

Napoleon (1955)

Série noire (1955)

Alarm in Morocco (1953)

Other Side of Paradise (1953)

Minuit... Quai De Bercy (1953)

Alraune (1952)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Portrait of a Murderer (1949)

The Red Signal (1949)

Stroheim in Vienna (1948)

La Danse de mort (1948)

Devil and the Angel (1946)

One Does Not Die That Way (1946)

The Mask of Diijon (1946)

Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)

The Great Flamarion (1945)

Storm Over Lisbon (1944)

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

The North Star (1943)

Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

Gambling Hell (1942)

So Ends Our Night (1941)

I Was an Adventuress (1940)

Thunder Over Paris (1940)

Threats (1940)

Personal Column (1939)

Immediate Call (1939)

The World Will Shake (1939)

Behind the Facade (1939)

Ultimatum (1938)

La vie des artistes (1938)

Boys' School (1938)

Gibraltar (1938)

The Lafarge Case (1938)

Rail Pirates (1938)

L'Alibi (1937)

Under Secret Orders (1937)

Between Two Women (1937)

Grand Illusion (1937)

Marthe Richard (1937)

The Devil-Doll (1936)

The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)

Crimson Romance (1934)

Fugitive Road (1934)

Hello, Sister! (1933)

Queen Kelly (1932)

As You Desire Me (1932)

The Lost Squadron (1932)

Friends and Lovers (1931)

Three Faces East (1930)

The Honeymoon (1929)

The Great Gabbo (1929)

The Wedding March (1928)

The Merry Widow (1926)

1925 Studio Tour (1925)

Greed (1924)

Merry-Go-Round (1923)

Souls for Sale (1923)

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922)

Foolish Wives (1922)

The Devil's Passkey (1920)

Blind Husbands (1919)

The Heart of Humanity (1918)

The Hun Within (1918)

Hearts of the World (1918)

The Unbeliever (1918)

Panthea (1917)

Less Than the Dust (1916)

The Social Secretary (1916)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

The Flying Torpedo (1916)

His Picture in the Papers (1916)

Old Heidelberg (1915)

Ghosts (1915)

The Failure (1915)

Captain Macklin (1915)

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1885-09-22
Deathday1957-05-12 (71 years old)
Birth nameErich Oswald Stroheim
Place of birthVienna, Austria
ChildrenErich von Stroheim Jr., Josef von Stroheim
CitizenshipsAustria, United States of America
Also known asErich Stroheim, Eric von Stroheim
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Knight of the Legion of Honour
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