Gretl Theimer

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Gretl Theimer in the comedians ' cabaret , 1936

Gretl Theimer (born November 27, 1910 in Vienna , † May 14, 1972 in Munich ) was an Austrian actress and singer .

Life

After training in ballet, Gretl Theimer danced in the children's ballet of the Vienna State Opera . She first made a name for herself as an operetta singer on Austrian and German stages.

The music film Two Hearts in Three-Four Time , one of the first sound films, made Gretl Theimer a well-known film star. The waltz of the same name after Robert Stolz , which she sang together with the actor Walter Janssen , was also one of the most successful hits of 1930. After that, Gretl Theimer was seen as a dashing and coveted Maderl very often in Viennese films and other entertainment films of the 1930s .

After about a decade, her film career seemed to be over. Only in the fifties and sixties did she take on a few mostly very small film roles again.

Her grave is in the Munich forest cemetery .

Filmography

Individual evidence

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Commons : Gretl Theimer  - Collection of Images
personal data
SURNAME Theimer, Gretl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1972
Place of death Munich