Josephine Wessely

Grave of Josefine Wessely in the Hütteldorfer Friedhof

Josephine Wessely , also Josefine Wessely (born March 18, 1860 in Vienna , † August 12, 1887 in Karlsbad ) was an Austrian actress .

Life

Josefine Wessely began private studies in 1874 and attended the drama school of the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde . She debuted on July 1, 1876 as Luise in Kabale und Liebe at the Leipzig municipal theater, which it belonged until 1879, was then, after a stint in Berlin and Vienna, 1879 for the Burgtheater engaged in Vienna and 1884 to k. k. Appointed court actress. She was engaged there for life, but died in 1887.

She died of stomach cancer and was buried in the Hütteldorfer Friedhof in Vienna.

A portrait of her by Eduard Charlemont is in the Burgtheatergalerie. In 1931 the Josefine-Wessely-Weg in Vienna- Meidling was named after her.

She was the aunt of the actress Paula Wessely .

meaning

Josefine Wessely played mainly tragic teenage roles. She had great success as Gretchen , Marie Beaumarchais in Clavigo and Marianne.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Wesselý, Josephine . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 50th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1884, p. 172 f. ( Digitized version ).
Hermann Arthur Lier : Wessely, Josefine . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 145 f.
Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 5. 2nd edition. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 978-3-218-00740-5 .
Emil Schiff: A rising star . In: The Gazebo . Issue 39, 1877, pp. 647–649 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Portrait of Josephine Wessely. In: The women's salon , Vienna 1878

Web links

Commons : Josephine Wessely - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on Josephine Wessely in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

^ Austrian National Library: ANNO, Die Presse, 1887-08-14, page 15. Retrieved on August 12, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wessely, Josephine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wessely, Josefine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	August 12, 1887
Place of death	Carlsbad

[1] Austrian National Library: ANNO, Die Presse, 1887-08-14, page 15. Retrieved on August 12, 2017 .