# Ellen Schmidt

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{{Short description|German art director}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Ellen Schmidt
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| birth_date   = 13 March 1922
| birth_place  = [Gelsenkirchen](/source/Gelsenkirchen), [Germany](/source/Germany)
| death_date   = 12 March 1997 (aged 74)
| death_place  = [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), [Germany](/source/Germany)
| other_names  = 
| occupation   = Art director
| years_active = 1951-1990 (film & TV) 
}}
'''Ellen Schmidt''' (1922–1997) was a German [art director](/source/art_director) active in film set design in the [postwar era](/source/postwar).<ref>Bergfelder p.254</ref> She frequently collaborated with her husband [Mathias Matthies](/source/Mathias_Matthies), including on several [Edgar Wallace](/source/Edgar_Wallace) adaptations.

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Dark Eyes](/source/Dark_Eyes_(1951_film))'' (1951)
* ''[The Sinful Border](/source/The_Sinful_Border)'' (1951)
* ''[Shooting Stars](/source/Shooting_Stars_(1952_film))'' (1952)
* ''[My Wife Is Being Stupid](/source/My_Wife_Is_Being_Stupid)'' (1952)
* ''[Don't Worry About Your Mother-in-Law](/source/Don't_Worry_About_Your_Mother-in-Law)'' (1954)
* ''[Men at a Dangerous Age](/source/Men_at_a_Dangerous_Age)'' (1954)
* ''[I Was an Ugly Girl](/source/I_Was_an_Ugly_Girl)'' (1955)
* ''[My Children and I](/source/My_Children_and_I)'' (1955)
* ''[Father's Day](/source/Father's_Day_(1955_film))'' (1955)
* ''[The First Day of Spring](/source/The_First_Day_of_Spring)'' (1956)
* ''[The Girl from the Marsh Croft](/source/The_Girl_from_the_Marsh_Croft_(1958_film))'' (1958)
* ''[Crime After School](/source/Crime_After_School_(1959_film))'' (1959)
* ''[The Merry War of Captain Pedro](/source/The_Merry_War_of_Captain_Pedro)'' (1959)
* ''[Yes, Women are Dangerous](/source/Yes%2C_Women_are_Dangerous)'' (1960)
* ''[The Forger of London](/source/The_Forger_of_London)'' (1961)
* ''[The Green Archer](/source/The_Green_Archer_(1961_film))'' (1961)
* ''[The Last Chapter](/source/The_Last_Chapter_(1961_film))'' (1961)
* ''[The Inn on the River](/source/The_Inn_on_the_River)'' (1962)
* ''[The Happy Years of the Thorwalds](/source/The_Happy_Years_of_the_Thorwalds)'' (1962)
* ''[Aurora Marriage Bureau](/source/Aurora_Marriage_Bureau)'' (1962)

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0772909}}

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