Maria Singer

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Maria Singer (born February 1, 1914 in Ebenzweier , Altmünster municipality , Austria-Hungary , † June 4, 2003 in Aschheim , Upper Bavaria ) was an Austrian actress , Bavarian folk actress and character actress .

Life

Maria Singer was the daughter of a railway official who was transferred to the Salzburg-Vienna route in 1924. The family moved near Salzburg , where Maria attended the Mozarteum and received singing and speaking training. She took part in school performances and took part in performances of Jedermann as an extra . She completed her acting training from 1932 to 1934 at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna . Reinhardt had discovered the girl during the Jedermann rehearsals. She got her first stage role in 1934 at the Stadttheater von Schneidemühl / Pommern , where she met her colleague Hans Musäus (1910–1981), whom she married two years later. Their son Peter Musäus (* 1939) also became an actor.

Numerous engagements followed, including in Memel , Königsberg , Tübingen , Kassel and Hanover . During the Second World War she worked at the city theater of Klagenfurt . In 1964, Singer was hired by August Everding for the Münchner Kammerspiele , where she a. a. played alongside Therese Giehse and Walter Sedlmayr . In 1972 she took part in the Salzburg Festival . In addition to her stage roles, the actress has increasingly appeared in film and television since the 1960s, including popular successes such as the Komödienstadel , Kir Royal , Weißblauegeschichte , Die Scheinheiligen and Der Bulle von Tölz . She worked with Hans Moser , Heinz Rühmann , Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Gerhard Polt and Franz Xaver Bogner . She also worked as a spokeswoman for Bavarian Broadcasting.

In 1999 Maria Singer was seen for the last time on a Munich theater stage with the play Der Bauer als Millionär . Until recently she was involved in television productions. In 2003 she died at the age of 89 in Aschheim near Munich .

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SURNAME Singer, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress and Bavarian folk actress and character actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Just two
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 2003
Place of death Aschheim