Doris Mayer
Doris Mayer (born October 1, 1958 in Eisenstadt ; † December 6, 2018 ) was an Austrian actress and writer .
Life
After high school, Mayer attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna in 1974 and made her debut at the Schauspielhaus Graz , where she was part of the ensemble from 1977 to 1979 . Her roles here included Irma in Giraudoux 's Die Irre von Chaillot , Ismene in Anouilh's Antigone , Elise in The Miser and Natascha in Nachtasyl . 1979-1980, she moved to Actors Studio by Lee Strasberg in New York on. In 1980/81 she played at the Theater der Jugend in Vienna, where she played Viola and Sebastian in Was ihr wollt and Barblin in Andorra . From 1981 to 1983 she worked at the Theater in der Josefstadt , where she played Christine in Liebelei and Anna in Nachtasyl . 1983/84 it belonged to the National Theater and appeared here as Nadezhda in The Last of Maxim Gorky and dolphins in the concert on.
Occasionally Doris Mayer could also be seen on television. Since 1997 she has been a freelance writer. In her first novel Machalan (2000) she told the story of a half-Polish woman in Austria during the Nazi era . In Revolution of the Stones (2003) she chose the love story between an Israeli and a Palestinian as the subject. In the children's book Schuh-Schuh und Gänseblümchen (2005) she told of the friendship between a cat and a mouse.
Doris Mayer was married to the playwright and screenwriter Bernhard Schärfl (1952–2014) and had a daughter, the Viennese journalist and author Judith Leopold. She died in December 2018 at the age of 60 after a brief illness. Working on a new novel with the working title One does not lie to the truth , could no longer complete it.
Her final resting place and that of her husband is in the Döblinger Friedhof (group 30, row 1, number 1) in Vienna.
Filmography
- 1977: A day at the museum
- 1981: The student Gerber
- 1981: attempts to walk
- 1982: pebbles
- 1982: The Fool of Vienna
- 1982: Horváth
- 1983: I am amazed that I am so happy
- 1983: Franz Nabl
- 1984: Waldheimat (series)
- 1988–1989: Ringstrasse Palace (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1989: Calafati Joe (miniseries, 4 episodes)
Novels
- 2000: Machalan . Deuticke Verlag, Vienna
- 2001: Father Morgana . Deuticke, Vienna, Munich
- 2003: Revolution of the stones. An Israeli-Palestinian love story . Kremayr and Scheriau Verlag, Vienna
- 2005: Schuh-Schuh and Daisy . Picus Verlag, Vienna
- 2007: Knesebeckstrasse or: once Cuba and back . Springer, Berlin
- 2010: 365 . Picus Verlag, Vienna
Web links
- Doris Mayer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Doris Mayer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Actress and author Doris Mayer died at the age of 60. In: Salzburger Nachrichten , December 6, 2018. Accessed December 6, 2018.
- ^ Actress Doris Mayer has died. In: ORF online, December 6, 2018. Accessed December 6, 2018.
- ↑ Doris Schärfl in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Doris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actress and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisenstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 2018 |