Lil Dagover was born in Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1887.   At the age of ten, she was sent back to Europe to continue her education in Germany and Switzerland.   She made her silent screen debut in 1913.   By the early 1920’s she was one of the most prominent actresses of the Weimar Republic.   In 1932 she went to Hollywood to make “The Woman from Monte Cristo” with Walter Huston.   She returned to Germany and made films there through the 30’s and right through World War Two.   Towards the end of her career she made two films directed by the Austrian actor Maximillian Schell.   “The Pedestrian” also starred such venerable actresses as Peggy Ashcroft, Elisabeth Bergner and Francoise Rosay.   “The End of the Game” starred Jon Voight, Donald Sutherland and Jacqueline Bisset.   She died in 1980 in Munich at the age of 92.   Her “Wikipedia” page is here.