Gustav Waldau

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Gustl Waldau around 1898

Gustav Waldau , also Gustl Waldau , actually Gustav Theodor Clemens Robert Freiherr von Rummel (born February 27, 1871 at Piflas Castle , Ergolding , † May 25, 1958 in Munich ) was a German theater and film actor.

Live and act

Born Gustav Freiherr von Rummel, he quit his officer service in a Munich guard regiment, first became a journalist and then trained as an actor. He made his debut in 1897 at the Cologne City Theater.

Waldau performed on various stages for almost 50 years, mainly in Munich, but also in Berlin and Vienna. Together with his wife Hertha von Hagen , he belonged to the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theater for several decades .

Waldau was used in film especially in the 1930s and 1940s. He embodied genteel and reserved older men in supporting roles. During the time of National Socialism he was given the title of state actor and in 1941 he was awarded the Goethe Medal for Art and Science . In the final phase of the Second World War , Adolf Hitler included him in the God-gifted list of the most important artists in August 1944 , which saved him from being used on the home front . Waldau was later awarded the Max Reinhardt Ring .

Grave of Gustav "Gustl" Waldau (1871–1958)

Gustav Waldau was buried in the Bogenhausen cemetery in Munich (wall grave No. 11 on the right).

Honors

  • 1956: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • In the year he died, Munich named a Gustav-Waldau-Steig in Herzogpark. In 1960 Vienna- Döbling (19th district) followed with a Waldaugasse . Ergolding, where he was born, also honored him by naming the street that leads past the house where he was born.
Memorial on Gustav-Waldau-Steig.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . S. Fischer, Frankfurt / M. 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 640.
  2. ↑ billiongraves.de: Gustl-Waldau
  3. ^ Gustl-Waldau-Strasse in Ergolding
personal data
SURNAME Waldau, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldau, Gustl; Rummel, Gustav Theodor Clemens Robert Freiherr von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Ergolding
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1958
Place of death Munich