▁men ▁in ▁tr ous ers ), ▁and ▁com ed ies ▁and ▁became ▁sought ▁after ▁actress . ▁ ▁She ▁be fri ended ▁and ▁married ▁actor ▁Bruno ▁K ast ner , ▁with ▁whom ▁she ▁began ▁writing ▁screen plays . ▁ ▁The ▁couple ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁divor ced ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁and ▁had ▁no ▁children . ▁ ▁W üst ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁four - sil ent ▁serial ▁install ments ▁of ▁T rag edy ▁of ▁Love ▁and ▁The ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁which ▁also ▁featured ▁a ▁young ▁Mar l ene ▁Diet rich . ▁Many ▁other ▁silent ▁mov ies ▁quickly ▁followed ▁and ▁W üst ' s ▁film ▁career ▁of ▁the ▁silent ▁era ▁was ▁pro l ific . ▁She ▁transition ed ▁to ▁the ▁sound ▁era ▁of ▁the ▁talk ie ▁with ▁relative ▁ease ▁and ▁appeared ▁in ▁many ▁stage ▁and ▁film ▁production ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁ ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁brought ▁a ▁sl ump ▁in ▁W üst ' s ▁career . ▁During ▁the ▁war ▁years ▁she ▁played ▁in ▁only ▁several ▁film ▁and ▁the ater ▁roles . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁war , ▁W üst ' s ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁request ▁for ▁den az ification ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁because ▁during ▁the ▁Naz i ▁regime , ▁she ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁den oun cing ▁fellow ▁actors ▁such ▁as ▁Edu ard ▁von ▁Winter stein . ▁W üst ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁correspond ed ▁with ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ▁throughout ▁the ▁war ▁years ▁and ▁several ▁of