Josef Danegger (actor, 1889)

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Josef Danegger (born 1. February 1889 in Vienna as Josef German , died on 1. April 1948 in Bern ) was an Austrian actor .

Life

Josef Danegger was the son of the actor and director Josef Dannegger (1865–1933) and the actress Bertha Müller. His siblings Mathilde Danegger and Theodor Danegger also became actors.

He got his first engagement in 1906 at the Stadttheater Troppau . He subsequently appeared at the Breslauer Stadttheater and at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and finally became a member of the Burgtheater ensemble in Vienna from 1919 to 1926 . There he appeared on stage as Franz in Schiller's Die Räuber , Holofernes in Hebbels Judith and Macduff in Shakespeare's Macbeth . Further engagements followed in Berlin, where he a. a. participated in the world premiere of stories from the Viennese forest , and Munich .

In 1933 he was excluded from the Reichstheaterkammer as a " half-Jew " . As part of the Reinhardt tour in Vienna in 1934, he played, among others, George Talbot in Maria Stuart under the direction of Max Reinhardt . From 1930 to 1937 he appeared regularly at the Salzburg Festival , where he played, among other things, the Dicken Vetter in Jedermann and Siebel in Goethe's Faust , each again directed by Max Reinhardt.

Danegger emigrated to Switzerland, where he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Stadttheater Bern from 1938 until his death in 1948 and appeared in over 100 roles.

Filmography

  • 1916: Who shouldn't die ...
  • 1916: The death of Erasmus
  • 1919: Else vom Erlenhof
  • 1931: The dancing hussar
  • 1932: For once I don't want to worry
  • 1933: I want to teach you love
  • 1934: Boards that mean the world

literature

personal data
SURNAME Danegger, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES German, Josef (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1948
Place of death Bern