Daisy D'Ora was born on February 2, 1913 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Pandora's Box (1929), Nur am Rhein ... (1930) and Hungarian Nights (1929). She was married to Otto Schlitter. She died on June 19, 2010 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
One of the last stars of the German silent era, she later became "Miss Germany" of 1931 and modeled throughout the 1930s.
The famous writer Erich Maria Remarque persuaded her to take part in the beauty contest of Germany. She won and as a result she was sent to Miami for Miss Universum contest. But the memories of World War I seemed still to be to fresh and as a German it wasn't allowed to select her although the audience voted for her. But the organizer had chosen Miss Belgium.
After the death of her husband she lived from 1970 in the castle together with the children for the next 30 years.
The famous group "Comedian Harmonists" sang of the beauty of Daisy D'0ra in later years with their song "Hallo, was machst Du heut', Daisy?".
Daisy d'Ora found an important mission when she founded a children's home in a castle in Regensburg after World War II.