Mini-Biography:
Cläry Lotto was born on September 23, 1893 in Casekow. She was an Austrian Actress, known for Die Todeskarawane (1921), Unter Räubern und Bestien (1921), Die weisse Wüste (1922), Cläry Lotto's first movie on record is from 1916. Cläry Lotto died on August 26, 1952 in Berlin. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1933.

Biographical Notes
In den Zwanziger Jahren war sie eine recht beliebte Schauspielerin und Darstellerin in Abenteurerfilmen, darunter auch in den ersten Karl-May Verfilmungen. Ausbildung als Tänzerin an der Wiener Hofoper, Engagements in Wien, Budapest, Moskau und Berlin. Erste Filmrollen bei Michael Curtiz in Ungarn, um 1920 in Berlin Bekanntschaft und Heirat mit Carl de Vogt, als dessen Partnerin sie in rund 20 Filmen mispielte.

Cläry Lottos Karriere ging Mitte der Zwanziger Jahre zu Ende, sie trat nur noch in wenigen Tonfilmen auf und zog sich 1933 ganz vom Film zurück. 1952 starb sie in Berlin.

FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1933: Karl renoviert seine Wohnung (Cast),
1932: Lügen auf Rügen (Cast), Directed by Victor Janson, with Otto Wallburg, Paul Hörbiger, Maria Solveg,
1929: Das Todesurteil der Blandin-Truppe (Cast), Directed by Emil Justitz, with Carl de Vogt, Gertrud Welcker,
1928: Der Geliebte seiner Frau (Cast), Directed by Max Neufeld, with Dina Gralla, Alphons Fryland,
1927: Gestrandete Menschen, der Löwe des Hafenviertels (Cast), Directed by Kurt Nehrke,
1927: Das Heiratsnest (Cast), Directed by Rudolf Dworsky, Rudolf Walther-Fein, with Hans Junkermann, Livio Cesare Pavanelli, ,
1926: Schützenliesl (Auf der Alm, da gibt's ka Sünd) (Cast), Directed by Rudolf Dworsky, Rudolf Walther-Fein, with Carl de Vogt, Xenia Desni, Livio Cesare Pavanelli,
1926: Hölle der Liebe (Cast), Directed by Bruno Rahn, with Lili Schönborn, Vivian Gibson,
1925: Der Flug um den Erdball (Cast), Directed by Willi Wolff, with Hans Brausewetter, Bruno Kastner,
1925: Ballettratten (Cast: Inge), Directed by Arthur Günsburg, with Carl de Vogt, ,
1925: Die Europameisterschaft, Teil 2 - Der letzte Grenadier (Cast), Directed by Alexander Alexander, Peter Joseph, with Carl de Vogt, Karl Victor Plagge,
1925: Zapfenstreich (Cast: Klärchen ), Directed by Conrad Wiene, with Carl Geppert, Bernhard Goetzke, Owen Gorin,
1924: Der Schrecken des Meeres (Cast), Directed by Franz Osten, with Carl de Vogt, ,
1924: Prater, die Erlebnisse zweier Nähmädchen (Pratertraum, Geschwister Osso, Das Märchen einer Nähmaschine) (Cast), Directed by Peter Paul Felner, with Carl de Vogt, Gertrud de Lalsky,
1924: Die Schuld (Cast), Directed by Josef Berger,
1924: Die Tragödie der Entehrten (Cast), Directed by Josef Berger,
1924: Sklaven der Liebe (Cast), Directed by Carl Boese, with Ellen Kürty, Olga Engl,
1923: Vineta - Die versunkene Stadt (Cast), Directed by Werner Funck, with Stella Arbenina, Gustav Diessl, Evi Eva,
1923: Dämon Zirkus (Cast), Directed by Emil Justitz, with Carl de Vogt, Gertrud Welcker,
1922: Allein im Urwald (Cast), Directed by Ernst Wendt, with Carl de Vogt, Magde Jackson,
1922: Die Heimkehr des Odysseus (Cast: AKA Claire Lotto), Directed by Max Obal, with Luciano Albertini, Heinrich Schroth, Hermann Böttcher,
1922: Die weisse Wüste (Cast: Liv), Directed by Ernst Wendt, with Carl de Vogt, ,
1922: Wer wirft den ersten Stein ? (Cast), Directed by Arthur Günsburg, with Charlotte Böcklin, Kurt Brenkendorf, Carl de Vogt,
1922: Der Gaukler von Paris (Cast), Directed by Arthur Günsburg, with Carl de Vogt,
1922: Liebes-List und -Lust (Cast: Fiameta / Giletta / Lydia), Directed by Reinhard Bruck, with Dora Bergner, Paula Conrad-Schlenther, Carl de Vogt,
1922: Die Stumme von Portici (Cast), Directed by Arthur Günsburg, with Carl de Vogt,
1922: Die Kleine vom Film (Cast), Directed by Hans Werckmeister, with Carl de Vogt, Hugo Landsberger,
1922: Es waren zwei Königskinder (Cast: Inge, Alnards Nichte), Directed by Arthur Günsburg, with Carl de Vogt, Wilhelm Kaiser-Heyl, Ida Perry,
1921: Unter Räubern und Bestien (Bestien und Räuber) (Cast), Directed by Ernst Wendt, with Carl de Vogt,
1921: Die Todeskarawane (Von Bagdad nach Stambul) (Cast), Directed by Marie Luise Droop, Ertogrol Mouhssin-Bey, Josef Stein, with Erwin Báron, Carl de Vogt, Erna Felsneck,
1921: Im Banne der Kralle (Cast), Directed by Carl Froelich, with Gustav Diessl, Eugen Jensen, Stella Kadmon,
1921: Der Herr der Bestien (Cast), Directed by Ernst Wendt, with Carl de Vogt,
1921: Die Schreckensnacht in der Menagerie (Cast), Directed by Ernst Wendt, with Carl de Vogt,
1921: Die Tigerin (Cast), Directed by Ernst Wendt, with Carl de Vogt,
1921: Die Schatzkammer im See, Teil 1 - Brillantenmarder (Cast), Directed by Hans Werckmeister, with Carl de Vogt,
1921: Die Schatzkammer im See, Teil 2 - Der Klub der Zwölf (Cast), Directed by Hans Werckmeister, with Carl de Vogt,
1921: Acht Uhr Dreizehn, Das Geheimnis des Deltaklubs (Cast), Directed by Hans Werckmeister, with Carl de Vogt,
1921: Das gestohlene Millionenrezept (Cast), with Lina Salten, Magnus Stifter,
1921: Die Dreizehn aus Stahl (Cast), Directed by Johannes Guter, with Camillo Triembacher, Carl de Vogt,
1920: Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (Cast: Benda), Directed by Josef Stein, with Erwin Báron, Friedrich Berger, Carl de Vogt,
1920: Klatsch (Cast), Directed by Josef Stein, with Carl de Vogt, Käthe Dorsch,
1920: Boccaccio's Liebesabenteuer (Cast),
1918: Lulu (Cast: AKA Claire Lotto), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with , Hermin Haraszthy,
1918: Az Ezredes (The Colonel) (Cast: Kate), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Bela Lugosi, ,
1918: A Napraforgós hölgy (The Lady With Sunflower) (Cast: (AKA Kläry Lotto)), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Erzsi B. Marton, Jenő Törzs, ,
1918: A Skorpió (The Scorpion) (Cast: az intéző / máshol kastélyfelügyelő lánya), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Victor Varconi, , ,
1918: Az Ördög (The Devil) (Cast: Selyem Cinka modell), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Leopold Kramer, Victor Varconi, Erzsi B. Marton,
1918: Lili (Egy Nagymama naplójából) (Cast), Directed by Cornelius Hintner, with Ida Andorffy, Sándor Góth, Richard Korny,
1918: 99 (Cast: Mia), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Victor Varconi, Lajos Réthey, ,
1917: Tavasz a télben (Cast: (AKA Kläry Lotto)), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Sándor Góth, , ,
1917: A kuruzsló (The Charlatan) (Cast), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with , Tivadar Uray, ,
1917: Az utolsó hajnal (The Last Dawn) (Cast: his daughter Hella (AKA Kläry Lotto)), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Leopold Kramer, Erzsi B. Marton, ,
1916: Verbrannte Flügel (Cast: AKA Clairy Lotto), Directed by Arthur Wellin, with Bruno Ziener,
1916: Leichtsinn und Pflicht (Cast: Irma Waldor, Soubrette (AKA Kläre Lotto)), Directed by Arthur Wellin, with Arthur Wellin,
1916: Das Modell des Urahnen (Cast), Directed by A. Kräutler,

Bibliography
Kay Weniger, Das grosse Personenlexikon des Films, Band V, pg 107

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