Elsa Wertheim
Elsa Wertheim , actually Elisabeth Wertheim , married Elisabeth Slezak or Elsa Slezak , ( April 24, 1874 in Vienna - May 27, 1944 in Rottach-Egern ) was an Austrian theater actress .
Life
Elsa Wertheim began her stage career in 1891 at the Potsdam Theater and joined the Association of the “New Theater” in Berlin in 1893, came to the City Theater in Brno in 1895 and to the Raimund Theater in Vienna in 1896 , where she stayed for two years. In 1898 she followed a call to the Breslau City Theater. She stayed there until 1901 and then retired from the stage.
It was generally valid in the field of youthful-sentimental lovers, supported by a sympathetic stage appearance, for an extremely talented actress.
On February 15, 1900, she married her colleague Leo Slezak . Her children were Margarete Slezak , opera singer and Walter Slezak , actor. Erika Slezak (* 1946), Walter Slezak's daughter, is also an actress.
literature
- CM Gruber - H. Reitterer: Slezak Leo. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 357 f. (Direct links on p. 357 , p. 358 ). (mentioned there)
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 970, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Elsa Wertheim ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at geneanet.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wertheim, Elsa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wertheim, Elisabeth (maiden name); Slezak, Elisabeth (married name); Slezak, Elsa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theater actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1944 |
| Place of death | Egern |