Mizzi Griebl

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Mizzi Griebl , also Mizi Griebl , born in Maria Griebl , (born February 27, 1872 in Baden near Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † June 8, 1952 in Vienna , Austria ) was an Austrian singer and actress .

Life

She received a vocal training and began her artistic career in 1890 as Marie Griebl at the side of her sister Lina at the Vienna Theater in der Josefstadt . In the decades to come she made a career as a singer and actress on various stages in Vienna. Operetta tours took Mizzi Griebl, as she later called herself, several times to other European and Asian countries. With the advent of silent films in Austria , she also took on film roles. Already in the first decades of the 20th century she grew into the subject of the comic elderly, both on stage and in film . During the silent film era, she was engaged in many roles , including the important film adaptation of Hugo Bettauer's novel Die Stadt ohne Juden (1924) . However, she was rarely seen in talkies and she largely withdrew into private life.

Filmography (selection)

Silent films

Sound films

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personal data
SURNAME Griebl, Mizzi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Griebl, Mizi; Griebl, Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden near Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1952
Place of death Vienna , Austria