Ernst Anders (actor)

Ernst Anders (born March 13, 1928 in Vienna ; † May 28, 1991 ibid) was an Austrian actor.

Grave of Ernst Anders

Life

After training as a businessman, Ernst Anders attended the Krauss drama school in Vienna from 1949 to 1952 and received his first engagement at the Linz State Theater in the year of his graduation . There he played, among others, Leon in Franz Grillparzer's " Weh dem, der Lügen ", Babbs in Brandon Thomas' " Charley's Aunt ", Doktor Jura in Hermann Bahr's " Das Konzert " and Wladimir in the German-language premiere of Samuel Beckett's " Waiting for Godot ”.

Between 1956 and 1958 he was a member of the ensemble of the Schauspielhaus Graz , where he again embodied Leon and Wladimir and Dauphin in Jean Anouilh's “Die Lerche”, Valentin in Ferdinand Raimund's “ Der Verschwender ” and the thread in Johann Nestroy's “ Lumpazivagabundus ”.

On September 1, 1958, Adolf Rott signed him to the Burgtheater as a “young comedian”, to which he belonged for almost 33 years without interruption until his death. His main roles at “Burg” include Herr von Gigl (1962) and Schnoferl (1980) in Nestroy's “ Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt ”, the title role in Arthur Schnitzler's “ Fink und Fliederbusch ” (1970), Josef in Pavel Kohouts “Maria fights with the angels” (1981) and Gross in Václav Havel's “The Notification” (1983) as well as the portrayal of the clowns in the dramas of William Shakespeare .

Ernst Anders also worked regularly in radio and television productions, for example as a father in the family series “ Die Emmingers ” (1977) by Christine Nöstlinger and in the crime series Oberinspektor Marek .

The title to him in 1969 Kammerschauspieler awarded, in 1977, the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class .

He is buried in the Döblinger Friedhof (16-7) in Vienna.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stigler, Elisabeth: Adolf Rott. Vienna 1983, p. 192