Oskar Willner

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Oskar Willner (born April 30, 1910 in Teplitz-Schönau , Austria-Hungary , † February 13, 1987 in Vienna ) was an Austrian actor , theater director , radio play speaker and translator of plays.

Life

Oskar Willner gained his first stage experience while still at school. After graduating from high school, he moved to Vienna and got his first engagement at the Silesian State Theater in Bunzlau . After further engagements at theaters in Aussig , Mährisch-Ostrau and Brünn , Willner first played at the Salzburg State Theater in 1946 . In the same year he returned to Vienna and became a member of the ensemble at the local Volkstheater , to which he belonged for many decades and where he also worked as a director.

In addition, Oskar Willner worked extensively as a translator of plays in various languages ​​such as English, French, Dutch and Czech. Among the more than 50 works are the pieces periphery ( suburbs ) and The Conversion of Ferdy Pistora ( Obrácení Ferdyse Pistora ) of František Langer and The Grass is Greener ( The Grass Is Greener ) by Hugh Williams .

Willner made his debut in front of the camera in the early 1950s and then took part in a large number of productions, as well as on the radio, where he began his work around the same time. Willner also gave acting lessons. His students included Michael Mohapp , Franz Kratochwil and Ronald Rudoll .

In 1977, Willner published a volume with actor anecdotes under the title I never fell , and in 1980 he received the Vienna Silver Medal of Honor. Willner died in February 1987 and was buried in the Döblinger Friedhof (23-11-9) in Vienna.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

As a speaker (selection)

As an author

1981: Everything saved, Imperial Highness - Director: Götz Fritsch

Fonts

  • 1977: I've never liked it (actor anecdotes), Paul Neff Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 3-7014-0135-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography members.kabsi.at at , accessed on December 7, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c Oskar Willner in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  3. ^ Salzburg.com (1946) , accessed December 7, 2015
  4. ↑ Website of the actor Ronald Rudoll , accessed December 7, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Willner, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, theater director, radio play speaker and translator of plays
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Teplitz-Schönau , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1987
Place of death Vienna