Maria von Maltzan was born on March 25, 1909 in Militsch, Lower Silesia, Germany as Freiin zu Wartenberg und Penzlin Maria Helene Françoise Izabel Gräfin von Maltzan. She was an actress, known for They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust (1991), Warten bis Lili kommt (1982) and Freitagnacht (1988).