Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz 2 December 1909 13 April 1955 was a German actress Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardts Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927 Only one year later she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt 1928 which attracted her first attention from critics Her other early movies include Pabsts Diary of a Lost Girl 1929 Dreyers Vampyr 1932 and eventually FP1 1932 where she played her first leading role Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in German cinema with the films which followed including Der Herr der Welt 1934 Abschiedswalzer 1934 Ein idealer Gatte 1935 and Fährmann Maria 1936 She also had roles in Die Umwege des schönen Karl 1937 Tanz auf dem Vulkan 1938 Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit 1939 Trenck der Pandur 1940 and Titanic 1943