Maria Bill

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Maria Bill (2014)

Maria Bill (born November 15, 1948 in Trogen , Switzerland ) is a Swiss actress and singer .

Life

Origin and youth

Maria Bill is one of four daughters of Arthur Bill and his wife Berta. Her parents worked in the international children's village Pestalozzi in Trogen in the Appenzeller Mittelland, which is why the four sisters grew up there too. Due to the internationality of the village, Bill learned to enjoy languages ​​and to imitate them. Once a year, the children's village sponsors were given a dance and singing performance, which aroused Bill's interest in the drama.

Training and career start

In the early 1970s was (see. Section Maria Bill by her mother, in turn, home of Piaf sang songs music career below), to Zurich to the drama school sent. From 1971 to 1974 she had her first engagement at the Zürcher Theater am Neumarkt . After three years as a member of the ensemble, she was kicked out by her colleagues by resolution of the ensemble: “You feel too comfortable as a chick in the nest. [...] You have to go out into the country and get to know the shit! "

At the suggestion of the then young, later director Christoph Marthaler , whom Bill got to know as a street musician in Zurich, she then went to Jacques Lecoq's theater school in Paris : “Lecoq freed me and took my inhibitions away.” There she sat down with me her comedic talent apart.

When she returned to Zurich, she wanted to tour the country with a clown colleague and a van . At this time, Hans Gratzer was also a guest in Zurich with his "Flittertheater", which Bill got to know there as well as his "troop member" Michael Schottenberg , her future husband:

“I thought to myself: Actually, that's exactly what I want to do! I want to go with you! So I went to the Gratzer with the clown after the performance to tell him that. He saw it and actually took both of us on tour right away. That's how I got to know the Schottenberg, and when the Gratzer wanted to take me to Vienna, I had nothing against it. "

- Maria Bill : Quoted from Falter

Acting career in Austria

Bill was then part of the first ensemble of the Wiener Schauspielhaus when it was founded in 1978 . The founder Gratzer had scheduled five premieres in a row, with the house still having to be finished by the ensemble after the adaptation to theater: “We chopped like crazy - and cleaned the houses at the back , while the audience in the front with the champagne glasses The Bill became more widely known in 1982 with a play about the life of Édith Piaf , played and sung at the Schauspielhaus , for which she was awarded the Kainz Medal of the City of Vienna. This was followed by a tour to Switzerland and Germany in 1982/83, which was awarded the Golden Theatertaler of the City of Berlin.

Subsequently, she played in the theater in der Josefstadt , at the Burgtheater and in Michael Schottenberg's Theater in Kopf . From 1995 to 2004 she was brought to the Volkstheater by Emmy Werner . She received the Karl Skraup Prize for her portrayal of Salome Pockerl in Nestroy's Der Talisman , and she also celebrated success as Bertolt Brecht's mother Courage . Maria Bill could also be seen on the stage of the Volkstheater during her husband Michael Schottenberg's time as director from the 2005/06 season, including as Sally Bowles in Cabaret (2007), in Who Is Afraid of Virginia Woolf and in Job. In the 2013/2014 season she was "in one of the most wonderful roles on 'her' stage" ( ORF / Ö1 ): In Glorious (director: Michael Schottenberg) she played the "most famous false singer of all time" ( ORF / Ö1 ), Florence Foster Jenkins . From February 2014, she played with Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (Director: Schottenberg) in another play by Bertolt Brecht.

At the Salzburg Festival in 1999 and 2010, she embodied the good works in Jedermann .

In September 2010, Maria Bill summed up her time in Vienna in her words of thanks on the occasion of the Golden Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna :

“Actually, I only wanted to stay a short time, and today, after 30 years, I'm still here. Vienna welcomed and welcomed me with open arms. I met great people here and played important roles. "

- Maria Bill : Quoted from wien.gv.at
Maria Bill in 1985 at the Austria Rock Festival in Voitsberg

Music career

The starting point of her musical career were Bill's appearances on the Piaf:

“Others write their longings and desperations in diaries as adolescents, for me it was songs. But they should remain my secret for a long time. When I was allowed to play and sing this piece about Edith Piaf in the Schauspielhaus in 1982, this old woman gave me incredible courage. 'When I sing, that's me,' she said, and I thought that was a good idea. The record companies hit my door back then! I was supposed to sing Piaf songs, however, and I found that absurd - because the original existed. So I got my own songs out of the drawer. "

- Maria Bill : Quoted from Falter

Christian Kolonovits as their producer and Maria Bill then sifted through their existing songs and sorted them out. Although the two of them added some from the sorted songs the next day, there were too few for a (first) long-playing record, whereupon Kolonovits said that Bill had to write something more. As a “present of the moment”, the future hit “I mecht landen” happened to her on another day .

With the 1983 debut album (LP) Maria Bill , she managed to reach the top of the charts the following year . The title I mecht landen contained on it is considered a successful representative of Austropop . In September 2012 her album from 1983, which had been out of print for a long time, was re-released under the title Anniversary Edition and with her songs until 1987 on a double CD. The “Kurzzeit-Austropop-Star” ( Falter ) went on a farewell tour with a large part of these songs , beginning on October 5th in the Wiener Konzerthaus .

In addition to the interpretation of her own songs, her musical programs with chansons by Édith Piaf and Jacques Brel are among her successes. Again and again she continues to sing under the titles Maria Bill sings Edith Piaf, Maria Bill sings Jacques Brel, and Maria Bill sings on various stages in German-speaking countries.

In October 2014 - in Michael Schottenberg's farewell season - Maria Bill was on the stage of the Volkstheater with songs by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht .

Movie and TV

She is also known to the public through roles in the television series Kottan and Trautmann , and she played leading roles in the films The Secret (1992), Averill's Arrival (1992) and The Tenth Year (1995). In 2006, she played the prostitute Herta in the feature film slumming by Michael Glawogger . In 2019 she appeared in Vienna Blood - The Last Séance , directed by Robert Dornhelm in the role of Isolde Sedlmair.

Radio play and audio books

Maria Bill took part in radio plays . The 1981 children's book Valerie and the Good Night Swing by Mira Lobe and Winfried Opgenoorth was set to music by Erich Meixner in 1993. She lends her voice to the main character Valerie .

Tany Gabriel, Maria Bill, Michael Schottenberg (November 2014)

Private

Maria Bill was married to the actor, director and former director of the Volkstheater Michael Schottenberg for 35 years . At the end of 2011, they made the separation public. Maria Bill speaks of him, without giving his first name, as (the) Schottenberg.

Their son is the Austrian-Swiss actor and musician Tany Schottenberg (* 1988), who created his stage name Tany Gabriel from his two first names .

Maria Bill lives in Vienna's Neubau and rides her bike in the city, for interviews, among other things. She masters the technique called Talerschwingen in the Appenzell area , whereby a 5-franc coin is rotated in a clay bowl.

About Maria Bill

“'Miracle Bill' that you can't just call up, 'It wants to be kissed awake'. He [Heinz Sichrovsky] remembered the many characters that Maria Bill embodied in her 30-year stage career, including a. Edith Piaf, mother Ubu, mother Courage, Sally Bowles, 'very different in origin, age and even gender': 'If Maria Bill is not Maria Bill, then she is a fairy and troll in one, ageless, a satyr in the handling comedic means. '"

- Heinz Sichrovsky , News-Kulturchef (2010) : Quoted from wien.gv.at

"In the future you will no longer be able to say Edith Piaf without having to think Maria Bill at the same time."

- Neue Zürcher Zeitung (1982). Quoted from: goetzis.at

Awards

Discography

  • 1983: Maria Bill (LP, Polygram; awarded gold )
  • 1985: Now (LP, Polygram )
  • 1987: Bill Drei (LP, Polygram )
  • 1997: Maria Bill sings Edith Piaf (LP, BMG-Reverso )
  • 1998: Master Series - Maria Bill (LP, Polygram )
  • 2001: Maria Bill sings Jacques Brel ( extra record )
  • 2005: Young & Beautiful ( Universal )
  • 2012: I mecht landen - Anniversary Edition (double CD, Universal )
  • 2013: BILL sings PIAF (CD, Hoanzl )

literature

Web links

Commons : Maria Bill  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Gerhard Stöger, Wolfgang Kralicek: “As a grandma, I won't do that anymore”. The actress Maria Bill about hippies and drugs, about her comeback as a singer - and the relative shirt. In: Falter , Wochenheft 39/2012, p. 32f. ( Online at falter.at. Accessed July 13, 2015.)
  2. ↑ a b c d See biography on Maria Bill's website. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Ö1 Classic meeting point: Live from the RadioCafe. Guest: Maria Bill. Presentation: Albert Hosp. Broadcast on January 11, 2014. Accessed on July 13, 2015.
  4. ^ "Glorious" in the Volkstheater: Laughs for Maria Bill who intentionally singing incorrectly. ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Today , September 30, 2013..
  5. ↑ Petra Paterno: Volkstheater: Das Ui-Paradox : "Michael Schottenberg stages Brecht's" Arturo Ui "with Maria Bill in the title role." In: Wiener Zeitung , February 24, 2014. Accessed on July 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b Martin Weber: Portrait: Maria Bill - a very personal bow. (PDF; p. 38f.) In: LAMBDA-Nachrichten , issue 01/07, January 27, 2007. Accessed on July 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ a b c Golden Vienna Awards for Maria Bill and Alexander Goebel. In: Archive report of the City Hall correspondence of the City of Vienna from September 10, 2010 on wien.gv.at. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b Thomas Netopilík: Maria Bill: "I do not hear it safe Bill in an interview with regional newspaper / meinbezirk.at, September 23, 2012. Accessed July 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ Maria Bill: Looking back in major and minor as well as Maria Bill: A farewell with a lot of feeling. In: Kurier , September 12 and October 6, 2012. Accessed July 13, 2015.
  10. ↑ Norbert Mayer: Maria Bill makes the "Seven Deadly Sins" a triumph : "Almost a farewell to the popular theater: A diva confidently sings songs by Kurt Weill, director Michael Schottenberg directs." In: Die Presse , print edition October 12, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ As a farewell, a grandiose solo by Maria Bill. "The seven deadly sins" after Brecht / Weill. In: Kleine Zeitung , October 11, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ Schottenberg & Bill: Successful theater couple will mutually go their separate ways in the future. In: News / APA , December 29, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  13. ↑ See: Home> Theater Productions> Theater 2012/2013 : “Nellie Goodbye. 3rd year performance. […] Musical director: Tany Schottenberg. “Website of the filmacademy International drama school for theater, film and television. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ See Mirjam Marits: Between Metal and Theater And green behind the ears. In: Die Presse , print edition February 22, 2014. Accessed July 13, 2015.
  15. ↑ Events: Maria Bill on the website of the Marktgemeinde Götzis, 2014. Accessed on July 13, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Bill, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Trogen , Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Switzerland