Else Rambausek (married name Else Rambausek-Salzer; 2 December 1907 in

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– 14 August 1994 in

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, Austria) was an Austrian actress and singer.

Career

She graduated from the

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

. She appeared at various theaters with Walter Bruno Iltz and also revue theaters, particularly in Viennese operettas and musical comedies. They made their names as singers, particularly as interpreters of Viennese songs. In 1945, at the

Raimund Theater The Raimund Theater is a theatre in the Mariahilf district of Vienna, Austria. Named after the Austrian dramatist Ferdinand Raimund, the theatre was built by an association of Viennese citizens and opened on 28 November 1893 with Raimund's play ...

, when the musical comedy ''

Das Dreimäderlhaus ''Das Dreimäderlhaus'' (''House of the Three Girls''), adapted into English-language versions as ''Blossom Time'' and ''Lilac Time'', is a Viennese pastiche operetta with music by Franz Schubert, rearranged by Heinrich Berté (1857–1924), ...

'' was revived, the pair were among the performers. Rambusek appeared at the Löwinger-Bühne and in 1959 at the Lake Festival Mörbisch as Princess Bocena in the operetta

Countess Maritza ''Gräfin Mariza'' (''Countess Maritza'') is an operetta in three acts composed by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, with a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered in Vienna on 28 February 1924 at the Theater an ...

. She also acted in theater productions such as the 1964 production of

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...

at the

Theater an der Wien The is a historic theatre in Vienna located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district. Completed in 1801, the theatre has hosted the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music. Since 2006, it has served prima ...

as Celia Peachum. She also worked in radio. After 1951, she took on supporting roles in movies, including musicals and comedies. In these roles she usually played silly housekeepers or stern aunts. Rambausek was married to Karl Salzer.

Death

Else Rambausek is buried in the cemetery in Purkersdorf.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rambausek, Else 1907 births 1994 deaths Austrian stage actresses Austrian film actresses 20th-century Austrian women singers People from Wien-Umgebung District 20th-century Austrian actresses