Gaby von Schönthan

Gaby von Schönthan (pseudonym; born Gabriele Philipp , married Gabriele Frischauer ; born September 12, 1926 in Vienna , † November 20, 2002 in Vienna) was an Austrian actress and writer .

Live and act

Gabriele Philipp was the great-granddaughter of Franz von Schönthan . She completed the Max Reinhardt Seminar and first became an actress. From 1945 she appeared as a cabaret artist in the Wiener Kleinkunstbühne Kleines Brettl, founded by Rolf Olsen . She then played in the Theater in der Josefstadt from 1948 and was engaged at the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden in 1950 . From 1949 to 1952 she played as Gaby Philipp in several films, such as Mysterious Depth , The Double Lotty and Spring on the Ice .

Grave site of Gaby Schönthan

In May 1958 she married Paul Frischauer . She began to write in the early 1960s and adopted the pseudonym Gaby von Schönthan after her great-grandfather . Her first novel, The King's Beloved, about the life of Marie-Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry , was published in 1963. Her novels were published several times and translated into several languages.

The author and journalist Hertha Pauli reviewed some of her novels and recommended them for translation into English.

Gaby von Schönthan was buried in the Döblinger Friedhof (32–29) in Vienna.

Works

• The king's mistress. The Countess Dubarry's novel of life. Mosaic, Hamburg 1963, DNB 454451121 .

• Dutch: Marie-Jeanne du Barry. Bigot & van Rossum, Blaricum 1965.
• Finnish: Kuninkaan rakastettu. Karisto, Hämeenlinna 1966. 2nd edition 1990.

• Pleasant tiredness. From Schröder, Hamburg 1965, DNB 454451156 .

• Finnish: Suloinen raukeus. Karisto, Hämeenlinna 1967.

• The Malmaison roses. The eventful life of the beautiful Joséphine . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1966, DNB 458877794 .

• Danish: Roserne fra Malmaison. Grafisk, Copenhagen 1967.
• English: The Roses of Malmaison. Meredith, New York 1968.
• Finnish: Malmaisonin ruusut. Karisto, Hämeenlinna 1969.
• French: Les Roses de Malmaison. Michel, Paris 1969.
• Dutch: Joséphine de Beauharnais. Uitgeverij Spaarnestad, Haarlem 1969.
• Swedish: Rosorna i Malmaison. Bra Böcker, Höganäs 1970.

• Madame Casanova. Droemer, Zurich 1968, DNB 458877743 .

• Spanish: Madame Casanova. Plaza & Janés, Esplugas de Llobregat / Barcelona 1970.
• Slovak: Korzičanka. Tatran, Bratislava 1972.
• English: Madame Casanova. Sphere Books, London 1973.
• Estonian: Madame Casanova. Olion, Tallinn 2009.

• The lioness of San Marco. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1972, ISBN 3-455-06738-7 .

• Slovenian: Levinja svetega Marka. Pomurska Založba, Murska Sobota 1976.

• The mansion. The history of the Pernwalds. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1977, ISBN 3-455-06735-2 .
• Two dissimilar sisters. Bertelsmann, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-570-00285-3 .
• So close to love (New edition of Pleasant Fatigue ). Goldmann, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-442-03890-1 .
• How many hours is there in the night? Bertelsmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-570-00329-9 .
• with Joseph M. Grumbach-Palme: Zauner confectionery . Bad Ischl and the Salzkammergut. A little cultural history. Goldmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-442-26744-7 .
• Annina. Blanvalet, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-7645-4528-5 .
• Susi Nicoletti : Not everything was theater. Memories. Recorded by Gaby von Schönthan. List, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-471-78237-0 .

literature

• Ursula Prutsch , Klaus Zeyringer : The worlds of Paul Frischauer. A literary adventurer in a historical context. Böhlau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-205-98748-9 , p. 285 ( limited preview in Google book search)

Web links

• Literature by and about Gaby von Schönthan in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gaby Philipp in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Gaby von Schönthan on ava-international.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Date of birth according to the Börsenblatt for the German book trade. 1986, p. 2380 and Anzeiger des Österreichische Buchhandels. Volume 121, 1986, p. 212.