Actresses - Austro-Hungarian
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1. Marisa Mell
Actress | Diabolik
Marisa Mell was born on February 24, 1939 in Graz, Austria. She was an actress, known for Danger: Diabolik (1968), The Great Swindle (1971) and Under Siege (1980). She was married to Henri Tucci. She died on May 16, 1992 in Vienna, Austria.
2. Lída Baarová
Actress | Die Fledermaus
Lída Baarová was born on September 14, 1914 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Die Fledermaus (1937), Virginity (1937) and Jsem devce s certem v tele (1933). She was married to Kurt Lundwall and Jan Kopecky. She died on October 28, 2000 in ...
3. Hedy Lamarr
Actress | Samson and Delilah
Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv). Her parents were ...
4. Senta Berger
Actress | Kir Royal
Senta Berger was born in 1941 in Vienna, Austria to her father Josef Berger who was a musician and her mother Therese Berger, a school teacher. Senta and her father performed together when she was just four years old. She sang and her dad played the piano. At five years old, she took ballet lessons...
5. Maria Schell
Actress | Superman
Maria Schell studied in a religious institution in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France). She received a dramatic training in Zurich, Switzerland. To pay her studies, she was a secretary there. Besides being a film star; Maria appeared in plays in Zurich, Basel, in Vienna (Josefstad Theater), Berlin, Munich (...
6. Liane Haid
Actress | Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
Liane Haid was a prima ballerina, dancer, singer, stage and film actress. As a child, she studied voice and dancing and played at the Viennese Open Ballet. She worked in Budapest and Vienna as a dancer. On stage, she was in Berlin and Vienna. She also made close to a hundred movies - silents and ...
7. Anna Kallina
Actress | Die Familie ohne Moral
Anna Kallina was born on March 31, 1874 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Die Familie ohne Moral (1927), Hoheit tanzt Walzer (1935) and Wo die Lerche singt (1936). She died in 1948 in Vienna, Austria.
8. Elisabeth Bergner
Actress | The Rise of Catherine the Great
Elisabeth Bergner was the daughter of the merchant Emil Ettel and his wife Anna Rosa Wagner. She grew up in Vienna, and she made her theatre debut in Innsbruck in 1915. In 1916 she obtained a contract in Zürich, where she played Ophelia next to the famous Alexander Moissi, who fell in love with her...
9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
Actress | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Undoubtedly the woman who had come to epitomize what we recognize today as "celebrity," Zsa Zsa Gabor, is better known for her many marriages, personal appearances, her "dahlink" catchphrase, her actions, gossip, and quotations on men, rather than her film career.
Zsa Zsa was born as Sári Gabor on ...
10. Eva Gabor
Actress | Green Acres
Eva Gabor was born on February 11, 1919 in Budapest, Hungary, to Jolie Gabor (née Janka Tilleman) and Vilmos Gabor (born Farkas Miklós Grün), a soldier. Her older siblings were Magda Gabor, an actress, and Zsa Zsa Gabor, an actress and socialite. Her parents were both from Jewish families. She went...
11. Romy Schneider
Actress | L'important c'est d'aimer
Romy Schneider was born on 23 September 1938 in Vienna, Austria into a family of actors. Making her film debut at the age of 15, her breakthrough came two years later in the very popular trilogy Sissi (1955). Her mother, supervising her daughter's career, immediately approved Romy's participation ...
12. Paula Wessely
Actress | Episode
Paula Wessely was born on January 20, 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress and producer, known for Episode (1935), Masquerade in Vienna (1934) and Maria Theresia (1951). She was married to Attila Hörbiger. She died on May 11, 2000 in Vienna, Austria.
13. Claude Farell
Actress | Titanic
Claude Farell was born on May 7, 1914 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Titanic (1943), The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962) and The Secret of Mayerling (1949). She died on March 17, 2008 in Saint-Jean-Le-Priche, Saône-et-Loire, France.
14. Eva Bartok
Actress | The Crimson Pirate
Eva Bartok was both a beautiful lady and a talented actor whose roots were in classical theater. Her first and only film in Hungary, Mezei próféta (1947) ("Prophet of the Fields"), was banned by communist censorship. Actually her life up to that point had been marked by confusion and ...
15. Adina Mandlová
Actress | Kouzelný dum
Adina Mandlová was born on January 28, 1910 in Mladá Boleslav, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Magic House (1939), Pacientka Dr. Hegla (1940) and Prítelkyne pana ministra (1940). She was married to Ben Pearson and Joe Knight. She died on June 16, 1991 ...
16. Nora Gregor
Actress | La règle du jeu
Nora Gregor was an operetta diva, stage and film actress. She made her debut in Graz, Austria, and from there went to the Volksbühne an das Raimund-Theater in Vienna. She also worked at the Reinhardt Bühne in Berlin. From 1930 to 1933 she lived in Hollywood and also in Berlin. She made her first ...
17. Marina Aleksandrova
Actress | Ekaterina
Marina Aleksandrova was born on August 29, 1982 in Kiskunmajsa, Hungary. She is an actress, known for Ekaterina (2014), Street Racer (2008) and Ya tebya nikomu ne otdam (2010). She was previously married to Ivan Stebunov.
18. Ilona Massey
Actress | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Born on June 16, 1910, sultry, opulent, mole-lipped, Budapest-bred blonde singer/actress Ilona Massey survived an impoverished childhood in Hungary to become a glamorous talent both here and abroad. As a dressmaker's apprentice she managed to scrape up money together for singing lessons and first ...
19. Mari Törőcsik
Actress | Kölyök
She graduated in 1957 after which she went to work to the National Theatre. Her first role was Solveig in Peer Gynt. She was a student in the College when Zoltan Fabri gave her the main character cast in the film: Korhinta (1955). She is a well-balanced (sense and sensibility) actress, who can act ...
20. Maria Rohm
Actress | Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab
Maria Rohm was one of the rare gems in the movie business - acting, and in particular theatre and movies was truly her life's work. She started acting on-stage at the famous Vienna Burgtheatre as a child actor from ages 4 through 13. Having performed in such classics as William Shakespeare's "...
21. Hilde Krahl
Actress | Das Glas Wasser
Hilde Krahl was born on January 10, 1917 in Brod, Austria-Hungary [now Slavonski Brod, Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Das Glas Wasser (1960), No Greater Love (1952) and Träumerei (1944). She was married to Wolfgang Liebeneiner. She died on June 28, 1999 in Vienna, Austria.
22. Maria Palmer
Actress | Lady on a Train
This lovely Austrian-born actress was born (in 1917) and raised in Vienna, performing as a child on stage and appearing in various productions for the renown Max Reinhardt. Trained in dance, she was a member of the Bodenwieser Ensemble, a European troupe. Following a few high school plays and dance...
23. Vanessa Brown
Actress | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The attractive daughter of Austrian-Jewish émigrés who fled their homeland to Paris in 1937 before coming to the United States, "B" actress Vanessa Brown grew up exceptionally fluent in German, French, Italian and English. She developed an early interest in acting.
Auditioning for Lillian Hellman at...
24. Lili Muráti
Actress | Doctor Zhivago
Lili Muráti was born on July 22, 1914 in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania). She was an actress, known for Doctor Zhivago (1965), Miss President (1935) and A tökéletes család (1942). She was married to János Vaszary and Dóra, Sándor. She died on April 16, 2003 in ...
25. Laura Solari
Actress | Roman Holiday
Laura Solari was born on January 5, 1913 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. She was an actress, known for Roman Holiday (1953), Duel of the Titans (1961) and Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone (1947). She was married to Oscar Semere and Arthur Roper Caldbeck. ...
26. Anita Gutwell
Actress | Försterliesel
Anita Gutwell was born on November 14, 1931 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria. She was an actress, known for Försterliesel (1956), Echo der Berge (1954) and Das alte Försterhaus (1956). She was married to Rudolf Nussgruber. She died on January 4, 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
27. Lotte Ledl
Actress | Heidi
Viennese character actress Lotte Ledl has been noted for her adversarial roles, excelling as waspish, petulant or vengeful wives, servants, neighbours or chatelaines. A dancer from the age of five, Ledl attended the Max- Reinhardt-Seminar in 1949, graduating two years later. She made her theatrical...
28. Jocelyn Lane
Actress | The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Jocelyn Lane is one of the most stunningly beautiful, and overlooked, actresses to grace the screen. Born Jocelyn Bolton in Austria to British parents in 1937, she was the younger sister of Mara Lane, who was considered one of the most beautiful models in the UK during the early 1950s. Either ...
29. Franciska Gaal
Actress | The Girl Downstairs
Franciska Gaal was born on February 1, 1904 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for The Girl Downstairs (1938), Little Mother (1935) and The Buccaneer (1938). She was married to Dajkovich, Ferenc and Lestyán, Sándor. She died on January 2, 1973 in New York City, ...
30. Angelika Hauff
Actress | Figaros Hochzeit
Angelika Hauff was born on December 15, 1922 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for The Marriage of Figaro (1949), Die Göttin vom Rio Beni (1950) and Straße zur Heimat (1952). She died on December 3, 1983 in Vienna, Austria.
31. Dorit Kreysler
Actress | Die Fledermaus
Dorit Kreysler was born on December 5, 1909 in Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Die Fledermaus (1946), Maiden vs. Monk (1934) and Zwölf Herzen für Charly (1949). She was married to Timothé Stuloff. She died on December 16, 1999 in Graz, ...
32. Hertha Feiler
Actress | Frau im Strom
Hertha Feiler was born on August 3, 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Frau im Strom (1939), Charleys Tante (1956) and Rembrandt (1942). She was married to Heinz Rühmann. She died on November 1, 1970 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
33. Marianne Schönauer
Actress | Don Giovanni
Marianne Schönauer was born on May 31, 1920 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for Don Juan (1955), Bel-Ami Der Frauenheld von Paris (1955) and Bel Ami (1955). She was married to Gustav Manker. She died on July 9, 1997 in Vienna, Austria.
34. Helga Anders
Actress | Mädchen, Mädchen
Helga Anders was born on January 11, 1948 in Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria. She was an actress, known for Mädchen, Mädchen (1967), Im weissen Rößl (1967) and Amerika oder der Verschollene (1969). She was married to Roger Fritz. She died on March 31, 1986 in Haar, Bavaria, Germany.
35. Heidemarie Hatheyer
Actress | Martha Jellneck
Heidemarie Hatheyer was an Austrian actress, singer and cabaret artist. She was born in Villach, Carinthia, Austria. After finishing high school she started to be a journalist but went instead to Vienna to play at the cabaret "Atelier am Naschmarkt". In 1936 she had her first stage engagement at ...
36. Marte Harell
Actress | Die Fledermaus
Marte Harell was born on January 4, 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Die Fledermaus (1946), Erzherzog Johanns große Liebe (1950) and Frauen sind keine Engel (1943). She was married to Karl Hartl. She died on March 12, 1996 in Vienna, Austria.
37. Inge Egger
Actress | Suchkind 312
Inge Egger was born on August 27, 1923 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria. She was an actress, known for Suchkind 312 (1955), Die Rose von Stambul (1953) and Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen (1952). She died on September 5, 1976 in West Berlin, West Germany.
38. Claudia Gerstäcker
Actress | Melissa
Claudia Gerstäcker was born on November 6, 1936 in Innsbruck, Austria. She is an actress, known for Melissa (1966), Love's Carnival (1955) and Johannisnacht (1956). She was previously married to Nicola von Mudrovcic.
39. Gretl Theimer
Actress | Die Csikosbaroneß
Gretl Theimer was born on November 27, 1910 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Die Csikosbaroneß (1930), A Song, a Kiss, a Girl (1932) and Donaumelodien (1936). She died on May 14, 1972 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
40. Heidelinde Weis
Actress | Liselotte von der Pfalz
Charming, dainty Heidelinde Weis shot to instant stardom after her dual role in the three-part miniseries Die Frau in Weiß (1971), based on the 19th century novel by mystery writer Wilkie Collins. In Germany, this production ended up being classified as a 'Straßenfeger' (which translates to '...
41. Teri Tordai
Actress | Der Turm der verbotenen Liebe
Teri Tordai was born on December 28, 1941 in Debrecen, Hungary. She is an actress, known for Der Turm der verbotenen Liebe (1968), Susanne, die Wirtin von der Lahn (1967) and Sellö a pecsétgyürün I (1967).
42. Mara Lane
Actress | Il vecchio testamento
This glamorous, sultry Anglo-Austrian leading lady and model was born Dorothy Lane Bolton in Vienna to British oil company executive John Bolton and Russian-born pianist Olga Mironova. Mara studied dance with the Viennese ballet before her family took her to America, travelling via Denmark. She had...
43. Helga Lehner
Actress | Corrida pour un espion
Helga Lehner was born on January 5, 1944 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Code Name: Jaguar (1965), 24 Hours to Kill (1965) and À belles dents (1966).
44. Jane Tilden
Actress | Der Graf von Luxemburg
Jane Tilden was born on November 16, 1910 in Aussig, Austria-Hungary [now Ustí nad Labem, Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Der Graf von Luxemburg (1972), Feuerwerk (1976) and Mrs. Cheneys Ende (1957). She was married to Sidney John Blackburne, Alexander Steinbrecher and Erik Frey. She...
45. Jirina Stepnicková
Actress | Co se septá
Jirina Stepnicková was born on April 3, 1912 in Prague, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Co se septá (1938), Morská panna (1939) and Marysa (1935). She died on September 5, 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
46. Käthe von Nagy
Actress | Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht
Käthe von Nagy wanted to get married at the age of 16, therefore, her parents put her in the Santa Chrisitana Convent, near Vienna. After that, she worked in her father's office and besides started to secretly write short stories for newspapers. In Budapest, she studied acting, dancing and singing,...
47. Hilde Körber
Actress | Der Spieler
Hilde Körber was born on July 3, 1906 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Der Spieler (1938), Bis ans Ende (1964) and Maria, die Magd (1936). She was married to Veit Harlan and Walter Varndal. She died on May 31, 1969 in West Berlin, West Germany.
48. La Jana
Actress | Der Biberpelz
La Jana was the stage name of the brunette Viennese-born actress and exotic dancer Henriette 'Henny' Hiebel. She was trained as a ballerina for ten years and first performed at the Frankfurt Kinderoper at the age of eight. Of boyishly slim build, she appeared on stage in cabaret in 1921. Soon after...
49. Hannelore Auer
Actress | Holiday in St. Tropez
Hannelore Auer was born on May 30, 1942 in Linz, Austria. She was an actress, known for Holiday in St. Tropez (1964), Hotel der toten Gäste (1965) and Übermut im Salzkammergut (1963). She was married to Heino and Alfred Prinz von Auersperg. She died on November 8, 2023 in Kitzbühel, ...
50. Mártha Eggerth
Actress | La chanson du souvenir
From the day she was born Martha lived in a world of music. For sure her father was a banker but he was also an amateur pianist. As for her mother, she was a housewife but also a very talented opera singer who had given up her career for the joys of matrimony and motherhood. It does not come as a ...
51. Hilde von Stolz
Actress | Castelli in aria
Hilde von Stolz was born on July 8, 1903 in Schäßburg/Segesvár, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Sighisoara, Romania]. She was an actress, known for Castelli in aria (1939), Masquerade in Vienna (1934) and Mädchen in Weiß (1936). She died on December 16, 1973 in West Berlin, West Germany.
52. Maria Perschy
Actress | Man's Favorite Sport?
Gorgeous and appealing brunette knockout Herta-Maria Perschy was born on September 23, 1938, in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria. Maria moved to Vienna at age 17 to study acting at the prestigious Max Reinhardt Seminar. After finishing her education in Vienna, Perschy moved to Germany for further ...
53. Dagmar Lassander
Actress | Shark: Rosso nell'oceano
Dagmar Lassander was born on June 16, 1943 in Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Devil Fish (1984), Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) and I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe (1979).
54. Elfie Mayerhofer
Actress | Das kleine Hofkonzert
The Viennese Nightingale: Though Miss Elfie Mayerhofer was always completely Viennese in spirit and culture, she was born in Marburg, Yugoslavia on March 15, 1917 and educated there as a child. She began her studies of music in Slovenia and then went for further studies in Zürich under Prof. Fred ...
55. Sybille Binder
Actress | Das Dreimäderlhaus
Sybille Binder was born on January 5, 1895 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Das Dreimäderlhaus (1918), Lost Daughter (1949) and The Man from Morocco (1945). She was married to Otto Falckenberg and Herr Kahn. She died on June 30, 1962 in Düsseldorf, North ...
56. Lilia Skala
Actress | Flashdance
Lilia Sofer was born on November 28, 1896, to Catholic Katharina Skala and Jewish Julius Sofer , in Vienna, Austria. Julius Sofer worked as a manufacturer's representative for the Waldes Kohinoor Company. Lilia had two sisters: Lisl (later known as renowned dance-therapy pioneer Elizabeth Polk); ...
57. Erika von Thellmann
Actress | Scheibenschießen
Erika von Thellmann was born on August 31, 1902 in Leutschau, Austria-Hungary [now Levoca, Slovakia]. She was an actress, known for Scheibenschießen (1973), Zwölf Herzen für Charly (1949) and Hochzeit mit Erika (1950). She was married to Tino Pattiera and Helmuth Römer. She died on ...
58. Annelies Reinhold
Actress | Violanta
Annelies Reinhold was born on January 5, 1917 in Meran, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary [now Merano, Alto Adige, Italy]. She was an actress, known for Violanta (1942), Die unheimliche Wandlung des Alex Roscher (1943) and Duell mit dem Tod (1949). She was married to Paul May. She died on January 6, 2007 in ...
59. Violetta Ferrari
Actress | Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse
Violetta Ferrari was born on April 25, 1930 in Hódmezõvásárhely, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Conrad: The Factory-Made Boy (1983), Im weissen Rößl (1967) and Bel Ami (1968). She was married to Lajos Básti. She died on January 23, 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.
60. Julia Ubrankovics
Actress | Shadow and Bone
Julia is an award winning film, television and theater actress. Next she appears as Milana on the new Netflix series "Shadow And Bone" airing April 2021.She stared in the Off-Off Broadway production "The Dog, The Night and The Knife" in New York spring of 2019. Julia gained massive popularity in ...
61. Erika Marozsán
Actress | Hercules
Hungarian beauty Erika Marozsán was born in Újfehértó, a small town in the Eastern part of the country, on 3 August 1972. She had her first appearance in the successful Hungarian movie "Béketárgyalás, avagy az évszázad csütörtökig tart" and has played primarily in Hungarian movies so far. She has ...
62. Johanna Matz
Actress | Der Kongreß tanzt
Actress Johanna Matz was born in Vienna 1932. She took ballet training at the Vienna Academy. At the age of sixteen she had stage training under Helene Thimig and Alfred Neugebauer. After early success in cinema she returned to the stage. She acted in Austrian, German and American films, but only ...
63. Christl Mardayn
Actress | Im weißen Rößl
Christl Mardayn was born on December 8, 1896 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Im weißen Rößl (1935), The Shanghai Drama (1938) and The Story of Vickie (1954). She was married to Hans Thimig and Paul Mühlbacher. She died on July 24, 1971 in ...
64. Jana Brejchová
Actress | Kráska v nesnázích
Jana Brejchová was born on January 20, 1940 in Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for Beauty in Trouble (2006), Vyssí princip (1960) and Das Haus in der Karpfengasse (1965). She was previously married to Jirí Zahajský, Vlastimil...
65. Barbara Valentin
Actress | Welt am Draht
Barbara Valentin was born on December 15, 1940 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for World on a Wire (1973), Our Man in Jamaica (1965) and Horrors of Spider Island (1960). She was married to Helmut Dietl, Rald Lüders and Ernst Reichardt. She died on February 22, 2002 in Munich, Bavaria,...
66. Erika Remberg
Actress | Sehnsucht hat mich verführt
Erika Remberg was born on February 15, 1932 in Medan, Oostkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Sehnsucht hat mich verführt (1958), Saturday Night Out (1964) and So viel nackte Zärtlichkeit (1968). She was married to ...
67. Dorottya Udvaros
Actress | Csók, Anyu!
Dorottya Udvaros was born on August 4, 1954 in Budapest, Hungary. She is an actress, known for Csók, Anyu! (1987), Oh, Bloody Life (1984) and Elveszett illúziók (1983).
68. Elisabeth Lanz
Actress | In aller Freundschaft
Elisabeth Lanz was born on June 12, 1971 in Graz, Austria. She is an actress and writer, known for In aller Freundschaft (1998), The Leaving (2003) and Rote Rosen (2006). She has been married to Jan Batu-Lanz since 2008. They have one child.
69. Nadja Tiller
Actress | Das Mädchen Rosemarie
Austrian leading lady Nadja Tiller reached the height of her popularity during the 1950s and 60s. She was the daughter of stage actor and director Anton Tiller and his wife, the opera singer Erika Körner (1902-1979). It seemed that Nadja's career had been marked out for her early on: she was to ...
70. Nina Proll
Actress | Anna Fucking Molnar
Nina Proll was born on January 12, 1974 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress and writer, known for Anna Fucking Molnar (2017), Nordrand (1999) and On the Other Side of the Bridge (2002). She has been married to Gregor Bloéb since July 5, 2008. They have two children.
71. Susan Denberg
Actress | Frankenstein Created Woman
After becoming immersed in the 60s high life of drugs and sex, Denberg left show business and returned to Austria. News interviews at the time show a depressed Denberg in the company of her mother, at home in Klagenfurt. These news items, repeated in fan periodicals for years, gave the impression ...
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