Ernst Haeussermann (3 June 1916 – 11 June 1984) was a

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-born

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and

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. Haeussermann was the son of the actor

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. Because of his

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origins, he was forced to flee Austria after the

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of 1938. He settled in the

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, and appeared in small roles in several

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productions. He returned to Austria after the war, and he worked in the country's most prominent theatres.Weniger p.580 He was married twice: first to Johanna Lothar, a fellow émigré he met in America and later to the actress

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Filmography

References

Bibliography

* Weniger, Kay. Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945''. ACABUS Verlag, 2011.

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* 1916 births 1984 deaths Actors from Leipzig People from the Kingdom of Saxony German male stage actors German male film actors German theatre directors Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to the United States Austrian male stage actors Austrian male film actors Austrian theatre directors Jewish male actors 20th-century German male actors 20th-century Austrian male actors Burials at Döbling Cemetery {{Austria-actor-stub