Hedwig Pauly

Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein (1866–1965) was a German actress whose career spanned both stage and film. Born in the nineteenth century, she lived to nearly one hundred years of age, with a professional life that extended across several decades of European performance history.

Pauly-Winterstein built a substantial presence in German silent cinema during the 1920s. Her film appearances during this period included Anna Boleyn and The Clan, both released in 1920, as well as Lady Godiva in 1921. She continued working steadily throughout the decade, taking roles in The Inheritance (1922), Tragedy of Love (1923), The Countess of Paris (1923), Alles für Geld (1923), and The Little Duke (1924). Her later silent film credits included Bismarck (1925), Countess Maritza (1925), State Attorney Jordan (1926), The Master of Death (1926), Professor Imhof (1926), The Mistress (1927), and Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929).

In 1927, Pauly-Winterstein brought her stage work to Broadway, appearing in productions of Danton's Death and Jedermann. Her work has been discussed in scholarly contexts, including the volume Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene, authored by Uli Jung and Walter Schatzberg and published by Berghahn Books in 1999.