Maria Anna "Mizzi" Zwerenz, married name ''Marie Guttmann'' (13 July 1876 in

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– 14 June 1947 in

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) was an Austrian opera singer (soprano), theater and film actress.

Biography

Her father Karl Ludwig Zwerenz (30 September 1850 in Vienna; 28 December 1925) was an actor and director, as well as director of theaters in

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, Bucharest,

Teplice Teplice () (until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; german: Teplitz-Schönau or ''Teplitz'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest Czech spa town, after Karlovy Vary. The his ...

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and

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. Her mother, Eveline Zwerenz (* 1842 – February 1921 in Vienna), worked at the Stadttheater in

Baden bei Wien Baden (German for " Baths"; Central Bavarian: ''Bodn''), unofficially distinguished from other Badens as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna), is a spa town in Austria. It serves as the capital of Baden District in the state of Lower Austria. Loc ...

from 1888 to 1891 and 1893 to 1903.Wilhelm Kosch, Ingrid Bigler-Marschall: ''Deutsches Theater-Lexikon. Biographisches und bibliographisches Handbuch''. Volume 7, 38./39. Lieferung: ''Zedler Zysset''. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin (among others) 2011, , . Her grandfather Karl Zwerenz (1826-1898) and her great-grandfather Karl Ludwig Costenoble were Hofburg actors. For now, she did not want to follow in the footsteps of the family. Then she followed the tradition, took lessons and made her debut in Baden bei Wien. She played in

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, at the summer theater in

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, toured with the Wiener Soubrettenensemble in Russia, in Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtischen Theater in Berlin and sang between 1901 and 1920 in the

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in Vienna. At the Viennese Apollo-Theater, Zwerenz was a major force. In the early 1920s, she ran the ''Mizzi Zwerenz'' establishment in Baden,Das Haus ''Gasthof zum Goldenen Hirschen'', ehemals Hauptplatz 12, wurde 2003 durch den Neubau eines Geldinstituts ersetzt. Rudolf Maurer: ''Rote Rose, Goldener Hirsch. Die Volksbank-Häuser am Hauptplatz der Stadt Baden''. Katalogblätter des Rollettmuseums Baden, Band 59. Rollettmuseum Baden, Baden 2006, , passim. for which she collaborated with popular actors (including

Fritz Imhoff Fritz Imhoff, real name: Friedrich Arnold Heinrich Jeschke (January 6, 1891, Alsergrund February 24, 1961, Wieden) was an Austrian actor. He was a brother of the Wienerlied composer (18901962). Selected filmography * '' Daughter of the Regi ...

).. In addition to her stage work, she appeared in several films, including ''Die kleine Veronika'' (1929) und ''Walzer um den Stephansturm'' (1935). Mizzi Zwerenz died of a heart condition on 14 June 1947 in Vienna. She is buried at the city's

Hietzing Cemetery The Hietzing Cemetery is a cemetery in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna. Notable burials (selection) * Alban Berg (1885–1935), composer * Jean-Baptiste Clery (1759–1809), valet to King Louis XVI * Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852 ...

(group 29, number 9). Zwerenz was from 1905 married to actor Arthur Guttmann (1877-1952), brother of the twins Emil and Paul Guttmann from 1905. and in 1937 she retired from the stage. Their son, Fritz Zwerenz (3 September 1895 in Vienna; 12 October 1970 in Linz),

Rudolf Flotzinger Rudolf Flotzinger (born 22 September 1939) is an Austrian musicologist. Career Born in Vorchdorf (Austria), Flotzinger graduated from the where he was a student from 1951 to 1958.

: ''Österreichisches Musiklexikon''. Volume 5: ''Schwechat Zyklus''. Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaft, Wien 2006, . was a successful, sometimes as Kapellmeister supporting his mother's artistry in the field of music theater. After World War II, he worked mainly as a concert conductor and at the radio station Radio Linz.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zwerenz, Mizzi 1876 births 1947 deaths 19th-century Austrian women opera singers 20th-century Austrian women opera singers Austrian operatic sopranos Austrian film actresses Austrian stage actresses Singers from Austria-Hungary