- Mother of actress Maria Emo.
- German leading lady of the 1920's, best remembered as Trilby in the Terra-Filmkunst production of Svengali (1927). A printer's daughter, she began on stage in 1921 as Anita Dorothea Schmidt. She changed her name to Anita Dorris in 1926 after making her debut in motion pictures. After a mere five years, she retired from the screen at the request of her director-husband, E.W. Emo.
- Because of her acquaintance with Anton Kohl she got her first engagement at the Stadttheater Eger.
- The sound film wasn't a problem for the stage experienced voice of Anita Dorris.
- Although she never got acting lessons she was able to expand her abilities in the next years and got rapidly more positive criticisms.
- Her promising career ended abrupt when she got married with director E.W. Emo (1898-1975) and retired from film business at his request.
- Her career in the film business came more by accident into being. She acted for a friendly cameraman in front of his camera because he applied for a job by Friedrich Zelnik with a sample of his skill. But Zelnik didn't pay attention to the sample of the cameraman but was enthusiastic about the acting Anita Schmidt. Eventually he engaged her for his movie "Die Mühle von Sanssouci" (1926), Anita Schmidt changed her name and was called Anita Dorris from now on.
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