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Amalie Haizinger, or Neumann-Haizinger, née Morstadt (6 May 1800 Karlsruhe - 10 August 1884 Vienna) was a German actress.

Life

Haizinger debuted in 1810 at the Karlsruhe Theater. In 1816, she married actor

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. Her talent for profitably performing stage plays developed very rapidly. She found enthusiastic applause on tours as far as Paris, London and St. Petersburg. After the death of her first husband, she married singer Anton Haizinger in 1827 and worked with him in Karlsruhe. There she concentrated on comedy projects. In 1836, a book was published about her. In 1846, she participated in an engagement at the

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in Vienna, where she worked in the stock "funny old lady" role until her death on 10 August 1884. To celebrate Haizinger's 50th birthday,

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painted a portrait of her that hangs today in the Schlossmuseum Linz.

Family

With her first husband, Haizinger had two children, and

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, who both became notable actresses.

Awards

Haizingergasse, a street in Vienna 18 (Währing), is named after the actress, as well as a high school on that street.

References

Sources

* * * Constantin von Wurzbach:
Haizinger, Amalie
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Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'' (English, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire'') (abbreviated ''Wurzbach'' from the author's surname) is a 60-volume work, edited and published by Constantin von Wurzbach, conta ...

.'' 7. Theil. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1861, S. 222–226
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. * ''Erinnerungsblätter aus dem Leben und Künstlerwirken der Frau Amalie Haizinger geb. Morstadt'', Verlag der D. R. Marr'schen Buch- und Kunsthandlung, Carlsruhe und Baden, 1836
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bei Google Books * ''Amalie Haizinger'', in: ''Badische Biographien''. Erster Theil. Heidelberg 1875, S. 332 f.
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