Annemarie Düringer (26 November 1925 – 26 November 2014) was a
Swiss
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actress. She was born in
Arlesheim
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,
Basel-Landschaft.
The daughter of a Swiss
industrialist
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, she graduated from Cours Simon,
Paris in 1946, and from the
Max Reinhardt Seminar in
Vienna the following year, in 1947. In 1949 she became a member of the prestigious Vienna
Burgtheater
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where she played major roles such as Queen Elisabeth in
Schiller
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's ''
Maria Stuart''. She remained in the ensemble of this theatre until her death. In 2004 she became patron of the
Murau festival
Shakespeare in Styria founded by
Nicholas Allen and
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.
She received numerous awards, including the
Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria. She died on her 89th birthday in
Baden bei Wien
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,
Lower Austria.
Filmography
Honours and awards
*
National Film Award for "Night, when the Devil came" (Best Supporting Actress, 1958)
* Actress nomination for chamber (1963)
*
Hans-Reinhart-Ring (1974)
* Kainz Medal (1977)
*
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1977)
*
Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1985)
* Honorary Gold Medal of Vienna
*
Alma-Seidler-Ring
The Alma-Seidler-Ring was created in 1978 by the Austrian government as the female counterpart of the Iffland-Ring. Similar to that ring, the holder, or bearer, of the Alma-Seidler-Ring is considered to be the "most significant and most worthy a ...
(2000)
* Doyenne of the Burgtheater (2001)
* Gold Medal of Honour for Services to the City of Vienna (2005)
References
External links
*
Biography with portrait(in
German)
1925 births
2014 deaths
Swiss stage actresses
Swiss film actresses
Swiss television actresses
20th-century Swiss actresses
21st-century Swiss actresses
People from Basel-Landschaft
Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
German Film Award winners
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