Gerti Barna

Gerti Barna , actually Gertrud Friemel-Barna (born March 13, 1926 in Vienna; † February 12, 2011 ), was an Austrian actress and radio announcer.

Life

Barna received her acting training from 1942 to 1944 with Vera Balser-Eberle . She made her debut at the Deutsches Volkstheater in 1944 as Susanna Töll in Curt von Lessens The Kapellmeister of His Serene Highness . Until 1945 she was engaged at the Volkstheater, from 1951 she played at the Salzburger Landestheater . She embodied Rosemary in Priestley's Since Adam and Eve , Mary in Eliot's Family Day , Maria in Bahr's troublemakers and Bettina in Kollos' The Light Yellow Gloves . She played a small film role in Hochstaplerin der Liebe in 1954 .

Since 1951 she, who was married to the actor Hardo Friemel, took part in numerous radio programs for Rot-Weiß-Rot and Radio Salzburg , including rhythm and melody made-to-order and for the jazz lover . In the sixties she designed entertainment programs v. a. At Radio Luxemburg , but also at many ARD stations between Munich and Hamburg, Gerti Barna was a popular guest presenter. She was known to listeners in western Austria as the presenter of the very popular youth show dance music, commissioned by Radio Salzburg. In addition, she designed the well-known show Salzburger Spieldose .

She achieved nationwide fame as a long-time presenter and commentator of the Salzburg Festival - above all to be heard on the classic channel Ö1 of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation .

On February 12, 2011, she succumbed to cancer.

literature

• Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 29.

Web links

• Radio personality Gerti Barna has died. Retrieved February 27, 2011 .