Lyda Salmonova was born on 14 July 1889 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Der Student von Prag (1913), Evinrude (1913) and Monna Vanna (1922). She was married to Paul Wegener. She died on 18 November 1968 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].