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Austrian Actress
This article lists notable Austrian actors. Actors who were active in more than one era are listed only in that era in which they started their acting career. Silent film era (1906-1930) Females: * Sybille Binder * Betty Bird * Hedwig Bleibtreu *Carmen Cartellieri * Mady Christians *Josefine Dora * Tilla Durieux * Olga Engl *Anna Exl * Maria Fein *Nora Gregor * Ilka Grünig *Grit Haid * Liane Haid * Jenny Jugo *Eva May *Mia May * Hansi Niese *Ida Orloff *Maria Reisenhofer * Frida Richard * Ellen Richter *Magda Sonja *Mathilde Sussin * Maria Zelenka Males: * Wolf Albach-Retty * Ernst Arndt * Ludwig Auer *Felix Basch * Karl Baumgartner *Teddy Bill *Joseph Delmont * Ernst Deutsch *Gustav Diessl *Anton Edthofer *Karl Ehmann *Ferdinand Exl * Karl Farkas *Friedrich Feher * Willi Forst *Rudolf Forster * Alfons Fryland * Jaro Fürth * Alexander Girardi * Alexander Granach *Emmerich Hanus *Heinz Hanus *Karl Harbacher *Franz Höbling * Oskar Homolka * Paul Hörbiger * Fritz Imhoff * Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva May
Eva Maria Mandl (29 May 1902 – 10 September 1924), known professionally as Eva May, was an Austrian actress. She was the daughter of the film director Joe May and his wife Mia May. In 1924, she committed suicide by gunshot. Biography Eva Maria Mandl was born on 29 May 1902, the daughter of Austrian actress Mia May and the Austrian-Jewish film director Joe May. Her parents had married seven weeks prior to her birth. She took the name of Eva May and made her film debut in ''Die geheimnisvolle Villa'' (1914), which was directed by her father. From 1918 onwards she worked for the Ring-Film GmbH, managed by Manfred Liebenau, who was working as a director under the nom de plume Erik Lund. The two married when May was 16 years old. During this time, May appeared in films such as ''Erträumtes'' (1918), '' Sadja'' (1918), and '' The Bride of the Incapacitated'' (1919). Lund and May soon created their own Eva May serial, in which May wrote the scripts for. In the 1920s, May worked wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Basch
Felix Basch (1885–1944) was an American-Austrian actor, screenwriter and film director. He first acted in Vienna, and he was a producer and director for the German film production company UFA GmbH, U. F. A. Following the Nazi takeover of power in Germany in 1933, the Jewish Basch was forced out of films and went into exile, moving to the United States where he appeared in a large number of films acting in character actor, character roles. He was married to the actress and singer Grete Freund and was the father of Peter Basch. Richard Tauber was a second cousin of his . According to U.S. immigration entry records, he gained his American citizenship through his father. Basch died May 18, 1944, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood, California, after several major operations. Selected filmography Actor Director * ''The Rose of Stamboul (1919 film), The Rose of Stamboul'' (1919) * ''Patience (film), Patience'' (1920) * ''Mascotte (film), Masco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Auer
Ludwig Auer (1881–1954) was an Austrian stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ....New York Times p.1157 Filmography References Bibliography * ''The New York Times Film Reviews, Volume 2''. New York Times, 1932. External links * 1881 births 1954 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian male stage actors {{Austria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Arndt (actor)
Ernst Arndt (3 February 1861 – ) was a German stage and film actor notable for his later career in Austria. Life Arndt was born in Magdeburg, Germany. From 1910 he was a member of the Burgretheater ensemble in Vienna. He also made occasional appearances in supporting roles in films. On 13 March 1931, he was made an Honorary Citizen of Vienna. On 10 July 1942, at the age of 81, he was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, and from there on 23 September of the same year to Treblinka extermination camp, where he is presumed to have been murdered shortly afterward. Filmography * ''Herbstzauber'' (1918, directed by Emil Albes, Germany) as agricultural labourer * ''Der Umweg zur Ehe'' (1919, directed by Fritz Freisler, Germany) as Joe Castor * ''Seine Durchlaucht der Landstreicher'' (1919, directed by Paul L. Stein, Austria) * ''Licht und Schatten'' (1919, directed by Artur Holz, Austria) * '' A Vanished World'' (1922, directed by Alexander Korda, Austria) * '' Samson und Delila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Albach-Retty
Wolf Albach-Retty (born Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach; 28 May 1906 – 21 February 1967) was an Austrian actor. He was the father of Romy Schneider with the German actress Magda Schneider. Career Born as Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach in Vienna to actress Rosa Albach-Retty and K. u. K. officer Karl Albach, Albach-Retty trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and at the age of twenty played his first role at the Vienna Burgtheater. He was a young man when he first appeared in a silent film role in 1927. In 1933 Albach-Retty became a patron member of the SS and in 1940 he joined the Nazi Party. During the Third Reich, he made romance films and musicals. In 1936 he married Magda Schneider and temporarily took up German citizenship. In 1944, he was added to head of Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels' ''Gottbegnadeten'' list of individuals that Goebbels considered crucial to Nazi culture. His addition to the list made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Zelenka
Maria Zelenka (1894–1975) was an Austrian film actress.Grange p.148 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Lola Montez'' (1919) * ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1920) * '' The Blood of the Ancestors'' (1920) * ''Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life'' (1921) * '' Love and Passion'' (1921) * '' Bummellotte'' (1922) * ''Morass'' (1922) * '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1922) * ''The Doomed'' (1924) * '' The Adventures of Captain Hasswell'' (1925) * ''The Ascent of Little Lilian'' (1925) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * '' Women and Banknotes'' (1926) * ''Watch on the Rhine'' (1926) * ''Children's Tragedy ''Children's Tragedy'' (German: ''Kindertragödie'') is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Phil Jutzi and Karl Lutz and starring Hermann Picha, Jaro Fürth and Maria Zelenka.Bock & Bergfelder p.233 It was made by the Communist-backed s ...'' (1928) References Bibliography * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathilde Sussin
Mathilde Sussin (21 September 1876 – 2 August 1943) was an Austrian actress. Sussin was born in Vienna into a Jewish family and died in 1943 at Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. Selected filmography * '' The Black Tulip Festival'' (1920) * ''To the Ladies' Paradise'' (1922) * '' Das Haus ohne Lachen'' (1923) * '' Die Buddenbrooks'' (1923) * '' I.N.R.I.'' (1923) * '' His Wife, The Unknown'' (1923) * '' Tragedy in the House of Habsburg'' (1924) * ''A Free People'' (1925) * '' A Waltz-Dream'' (1925) * '' The Woman Who Did'' (1925) * '' Vater werden ist nicht schwer...'' (1926) * ''People to Each Other'' (1926) * '' One Does Not Play with Love'' (1926) * ''The Famous Woman'' (1927) * '' The Glass Boat'' (1927) * ''U-9 Weddigen'' (1927) * '' Assassination'' (1927) * '' Violantha'' (1928) * ''The Saint and Her Fool'' (1928) * '' Refuge'' (1928) * ''The Fourth from the Right'' (1929) * '' Spring Awakening'' (1929) * '' A Tango for You'' (1930) * '' Flachsmann the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Sonja
Magda Sonja (born Věnceslava Johana Veselá; 23 May 1886 – 20 August 1974) was an Austrian-American actress. She appeared in 42 films between 1917 and 1936, although she is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Mata Hari in '' Mata Hari: The Red Dancer'' (1927). Prior to becoming an actress, she was a cabaret performer and chansonnière. She is considered to be one of Austria's first movie stars, only paralleled by Liane Haid. Biography Věnceslava Johana Veselá was born on 23 May 1886 to Czech parents. She was affectionately called "Slava" by her family. She trained in music and dance, and took on the pseudonym Magda Slawa, which would eventually derive into Magda Sonja. In 1907, she was a choir singer at the Theater an der Wien, and appeared in classical and modern roles at the Vienna City Theater, where she met her husband, Friedrich Feher. She also worked as a diseuse in various Viennese cabarets. Magda Sonja made her screen debut in '' The Waning Heart'' (1917). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Richter
Ellen Richter (born Käthe Weiß; 21 July 1891 – 11 September 1969) was an Austrian-Jewish film actress of the silent era. She was married to Willi Wolff, who directed many of her films. Ellen Richter composed her own production company to create her films.Rogowski p.128 She worked primarily in Germany and was one of the foremost actresses of Weimar cinema. Selected filmography * '' The Spy'' (1917) * ''The Flyer from Goerz'' (1918) * ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1919) * '' The Toy of the Tsarina'' (1919) * ''Superstition'' (1919) * '' The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers'' (1919) * '' Die Tochter des Mehemed'' (1919) * '' Out of the Depths'' (1919) * ''The Love of a Thief'' (1920) * ''The Last Kolczaks'' (1920) * ''Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman'' (1920) * ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920) * '' Mary Tudor'' (1920) * '' The White Death'' (1921) * ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) * ''The Riddle of the Sphinx'' (1921) * ''Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frida Richard
Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * ''The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916) * '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917) * ''The Diamond Foundation'' (1917) * ''The Ringwall Family'' (1918) * ''Waves of Fate'' (1918) * ''The Ghost Hunt'' (1918) * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * ''Intoxication'' (1919) * ''Baccarat'' (1919) * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * ''Superstition'' (1919) * '' The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers'' (1919) * '' Temperamental Artist'' (1920) * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * '' Judith Trachtenberg'' (1920) * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * '' The Last Witness'' (1921) * ''The Hunt for the Truth'' (1921) * ''The New Paradise'' (1921) * ''The Stranger from Alster Street'' (1921) * ''About the Son'' (1921) * ''Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1921) * '' The Shado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Reisenhofer
Maria Reisenhofer (31 December 1869, Graz – 18 April 1947, Berlin) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Anna Boleyn'' (1920) * ''Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * ''Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King'' (1922) * ''The Girl with the Mask'' (1922) * ''The Love Story of Cesare Ubaldi'' (1922) * '' His Wife, The Unknown'' (1923) * ''Rosenmontag'' (1924) * ''Fire of Love'' (1925) * '' The Love Trap'' (1925) * '' Young Blood'' (1926) * ''The Long Intermission'' (1927) * ''Regine'' (1927) * ''The Serfs'' (1928) * ''Only on the Rhine'' (1930) * '' The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel'' (1933) * ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (1935) * ''The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky ''The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky'' or ''It Was a Lovely Night at the Ball'' (german: Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht) is a 1939 German historical film, historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Zarah Leander, Aribert Wäsch ...'' (1939) Bibliography * Poague, Leland A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
