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Karlheinz Böhm (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was an Austrian-German actor and philanthropist. He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor
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in the Sissi film trilogy and internationally for his role as Mark, the
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protagonist of ''
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'', directed by
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. He was the founder of the trust ''Menschen für Menschen'' (“Humans for Humans”), which helps people in need in Ethiopia. He also received honorary
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citizenship in 2003.


Early life

Born on 16 March 1928 in
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,
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, Böhm was the son of Austrian conductor
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and German soprano Thea Linhard.Obituary: Karlheinz Böhm
''Daily Telegraph'', 30 May 2014
He was an only child, and spent his youth in Darmstadt,
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and
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. In Hamburg he attended elementary school at the Kepler-Gymnasium (a grammar school). Faked papers (claiming he had a lung disease) enabled him to emigrate to
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in 1939, just around the beginning of
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, where he attended the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, a boarding school. In 1946, he moved to Graz with his parents, where he graduated from high school the same year. He originally intended to become a pianist but received poor feedback when he auditioned. His father urged him to study English and German language and literary studies, followed by studies of history of arts for one semester in
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after which he quit and returned to
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to take acting lessons with Prof. Helmuth Krauss.


Acting career

From 1948 to 1976 Böhm acted in about 45 films and also in theatre. With
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, he starred in '' Sissi'' (1955), the first of a film trilogy, as
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, with Schneider as his wife,
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. The role for a time limited him to one specific genre as an actor, but Böhm's best known English language film was a dramatic change of image. In ''
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'' (1960) he played the psychopath Mark Lewis. Director
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cast him in the role because he felt Böhm might understand the character's experience of having an overbearing father. The film's initial rejection hurt both the actor and Powell, for Powell professionally as well as emotionally, but it is now regarded as a classic. One unusual aspect of the casting is that Böhm displayed a significant German accent throughout the movie, though the character had been born and raised in England to, probably, an English father, as played for short bits by Powell without an accent. Briefly, in the early 1960s, Böhm worked in the American film and television industry. He played
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in the
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'' and
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in the
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. He appeared in a villainous role as the
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-sympathizing son of
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in the MGM film ''
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'' (all 1962), a remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film. During 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director
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: ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Faustrecht der Freiheit'' (''
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''), and ''Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel '' (''
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''). Böhm's
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work included narrating his father's 1975 recording of ''
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and in 2009 providing the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in
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's tenth animated feature '' Up''.


Charitable work

On the ZDF show '' Wetten, dass..?'' in 1981 Böhm raised 1.2 million
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for people in Africa. He bet that "not every third viewer would donate one Mark, one Swiss franc or seven Austrian schillings for needy people in the Sahel zone". In November 1981, Böhm founded ''Menschen für Menschen'' (''Humans for Humans'') and involved in
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work in
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. He largely retired from acting in the 1980s for his project. Until today, ''Menschen für Menschen'' built over 400 schools, 2000 fountains and over 5 million people benefit from their work. Böhm received honorary
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citizenship in 2003. In 2007 he was awarded the
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for ''Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples''. In 2011 Karlheinz Böhm and his wife Almaz were awarded the
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for the project ''Menschen für Menschen''.


Personal life

Böhm's first wife was Elisabeth Zonewa. The marriage lasted from 1954 to 1957 and resulted in the birth of his daughter Sissy. In her autobiography Sissy Böhm would later accuse her by-then-deceased parents of sexual
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. Böhm was married from 1958 to 1962 to Gundula Blau, and next from 1963 to 1980 to Polish actress
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. His fourth and last marriage was with Almaz Böhm (born 1964), a native of Ethiopia in 1991. They had two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm had five more children from previous marriages, among them the actress
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(born 1964). In February 2013 it was reported that he was suffering from
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Filmography

* '' The Angel with the Trumpet'' (1948) as Franz Alt jr. * ' (1949) as Flower Delivery Man * ''
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'' (1952) as Walter * ''
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'' (1952) as Pit Harlacher * ''
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'' (1952) as Frank Braun * '' The Exchange'' (1952) as Lorenz Holler * '' Salto Mortale'' (1953) as Manfred * ''
Arlette Conquers Paris ''Arlette Conquers Paris'' (German: ''Arlette erobert Paris'') is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Johanna Matz, Karlheinz Böhm and Claus Biederstaedt.Bock & Bergfelder p.264 It was shot at the Babelsberg ...
'' (1953) as Gérard Laurent * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1953) as Johannes Ritter/Petroni * '' Wedding in Transit'' (1953) as Dr. Walter Delius * '' The Sun of St. Moritz'' (1954) as Dr. Robert Frank * ''
Sacred Lie ''Sacred Lie'' (german: Die heilige Lüge) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ulla Jacobsson, Karlheinz Böhm and Erwin Strahl.Bock & Bergfelder p. 284 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. T ...
'' (1954) as Peter Weiland * '' Love is Forever'' (1954) as Georg * ''
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'' (1954) as Graf Ulrich Ziszek-Wald * '' The Golden Plague'' (1954) as Karl Hellmer * ''
I Was an Ugly Girl ''I Was an Ugly Girl'' (German: ''Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen'') is a 1955 West German romantic comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Sonja Ziemann, Dieter Borsche and Karlheinz Böhm. It is based on the 1937 novel of the s ...
'' (1955) as Thomas von Bley * ''
Operation Sleeping Bag ''Operation Sleeping Bag'' (German: ''Unternehmen Schlafsack'') is a 1955 West German comedy war film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Paul Klinger and Karlheinz Böhm. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Ha ...
'' (1955) as Kanonier Gravenhorst * ' (1955) as Klaus Richter * '' Sissi'' (1955) as Emperor
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* ''
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'' (1955) as Mitja * ''
The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz ''The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz'' (german: Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Marianne Koch, Karlheinz Böhm and Heidemarie Hatheyer. It was made at the Wandsbek Studio ...
'' (1956) as Dr. med. Danwitz * ''
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'' (1956) as Robert Ashlin * ''
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'' (1956) as Frank Wilson * ''
Sissi – The Young Empress ''Sissi – The Young Empress'' (german: Sissi – Die junge Kaiserin) is a 1956 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer and Josef Meinrad. I ...
'' (1956) as Emperor Franz Josef * ' (1957), as Kapitänleutnant Alfred Hanstein * ' (1957) as Thomas Stegmann * ''
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress ''Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress'' (german: Sissi – Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin) is a 1957 Austrian film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth and Josef Meinrad, costume ...
'' (1957), as Emperor Franz Josef * ''Examen des Lebens'' (1958, TV film), as
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* '' The Stowaway'' (1958) as Jean * ' (1958) as Dr. Paul Degenhard * ''
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down ''That Won't Keep a Sailor Down'' (german: Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um) is a 1958 German-Danish comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Karlheinz Böhm, Antje Geerk and Georg Thomalla. It was entered into the 1 ...
'' (1958) as Peter Hille * '' The House of Three Girls'' (1958) as
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'' (1959) as Oberleutnant Düren * ''
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'' (1959) as Robert Dahlberg * ''
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'' (1960) as Mark Lewis * '' Too Hot to Handle'' (1960) as Robert Jouvel * ' (1960), as Pater Steiner * ' (1961) as
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* ''
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'' (1962) as Heinrich von Hartrott * ''
Cross of the Living ''Cross of the Living (La Croix des vivants) (L'amore impossibilie)'' is a 1962 French-Italian film. It stars Pascale Petit (actress), Pascale Petit, Karlheinz Böhm and Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast * Karlheinz Böhm - Gus * Pascale Petit (actress), ...
'' (1962) as Gus * ''
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'' (1962) as
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* '' Come Fly with Me'' (1963) as Baron Franz von Elzingen * ''
Rififi in Tokyo ''Rififi in Tokyo'' (French: ''Rififi à Tokyo'') is a 1963 French-Italian crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Karlheinz Böhm, Charles Vanel and Barbara Lass.Monaco p.160 Synopsis The veteran gangster Van Hekken arrives in Tokyo t ...
'' (1963) as Carl Mersen * ' (1965), as Jonathan * '' The Venetian Affair'' (1966) as Robert Wahl * ''An Ideal Husband'' (1966, TV film), as Lord Goring * ''Traumnovelle'' (1969, TV film), as
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* ''Verdacht gegen Barry Croft'' (1972, TV film), as Barry Croft * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1973) as Tassilo * ''
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'' (1974, TV film) as Helmut Salomon * ''
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'' (1974) as Wüllersdorf * ''
Fox and His Friends ''Fox and His Friends'' (german: Faustrecht der Freiheit, lit=Freedom's Law of the Jungle; also known as ''Fist-Right of Freedom'') is a 1975 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Fassbinder, Peter Cha ...
'' (1975) as Max * ''
Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven ''Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven'' (german: Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel) is a 1975 German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It stars Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Karlheinz Böhm and Margit Carstensen. The film was sho ...
'' (1975) as Karl Tillmann * ''
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'' (1983, TV series) as Bernie Artenberg * '' Up'' (2009) as Charles F. Muntz (voice, German version)


References


External links


"Menschen für Menschen" web site
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"Interview with Karlheinz Boehm: Help is better than Pity" web site
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