Sissy Lowinger

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Cäcilia "Sissy" Löwinger (born June 22 or 23, 1940 in Graz , Styria , † September 25, 2011 in Altlengbach , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian actress , director and theater director of the Löwinger stage .

Life

Origin and education

Löwinger comes from one of the oldest theater families in Austria, the actor dynasty Löwinger, and was the daughter of folk actors Liesl and Paul Löwinger . She was born in 1940 during a tour of her parents in Graz and was already lying in a laundry basket backstage as a baby. In this way she became familiar with the theater atmosphere at an early age. At the age of five, she had her first small appearances at the side of her family on the Löwingerbühne.

She began dancing at the age of five and playing the piano and accordion at the age of six . Originally she wanted to be a pianist, but decided to act when she was fourteen. She dropped out of school to take acting, singing, literature and language classes. Dorothea Neff gave her lessons in order to prepare her for the necessary stage entrance examination . She learned dance from Willy Fränzl and singing from Professor Rittersheim. By the age of seventeen she had already passed all the required exams.

Professional background

From her parents she learned everything about acting and running a theater. At first she was responsible for the publicity and dramaturgy of the traveling theater together with her brother Paul Löwinger junior . At the age of 25 she organized the first Austrian tour, she was also responsible for the tour organizations, including through Germany and the United States, and celebrated triumphs on stage.

At the age of 31 she did her first directorial work and from 1985 also worked as a playwright. However, she wrote her eight pieces, all of which were shown on television, under the pseudonyms Helmut Haupt and Justus Schaub.

After the death of her father in 1988, she took over the management of the theater, initially together with her brother. In 1996 she ventured into a project that was completely new to her; she became vice director of the Althoff-Jacobi circus . Since 1997 the Löwinger stage toured Austria again.

However, the future of the stage is uncertain. Until her death, Sissy tried to tour at least one or two productions a year. Her daughter Martina declared that she did not want to pursue the same profession as her mother.

Marriages

Sissy Löwinger was married to Rudi Grimas for the first time until 1965, their daughter Martina was born on March 8, 1964. From 1969 to 1972 she was married to the Nuremberg comedian Herbert Hisel , who was also her stage and film partner. In July 1977 she became the second wife of television presenter Peter Rapp , and her third marriage was divorced on March 12, 1985. Since 2001 she was married to the film salesman Peter Blechinger and lived with him in a house in Altlengbach . The two met at a carnival meeting in Neulengbach .

Sissy Löwinger's grave site

According to the emergency doctor on site, Sissi Löwinger died of the consequences of a pulmonary embolism in the evening of September 25, 2011 at the age of 71.

She was buried in the community cemetery of Altlengbach (grave number 261).

In 2016 the Sissy-Löwinger-Weg was named after her in the 10th district of Favoriten, Vienna .

Filmography (selection)

Director

  • 1973: False advertisement
  • 1975: Everything, just no sisters
  • 1993: The three village saints
  • 1983: One man for two women
  • 1985: Chaste Josef

Movies

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Löwinger, Sissy . In: Austria Forum . ( austria-forum.org ).
  2. ↑ Loewinger-stage. (No longer available online.) Loewinger-buehne.at, archived from the original on October 26, 2016 ; accessed on January 14, 2017 .
  3. ↑ see grave site. In various sources, 1941 is given as the year of birth.
  4. ^ Kurier.at: Mourning the actress Sissy Löwinger
  5. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Sissy Löwinger
  6. ^ Mailath: Maria-Lassnig-Straße decided. City hall correspondence of April 8, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Lowinger, Sissy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löwinger, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Styria, Austria
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 2011
Place of death Altlengbach , Lower Austria, Austria