Theodor Danegger

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Theodor Danegger (born August 31, 1891 in Lienz , East Tyrol, Austria , as Theodor Deutsch ; † October 11, 1959 in Vienna ) was an Austrian opera singer and actor .

Life and work

Theodor Danegger, who came from a family of actors, was engaged at the Vienna Burgtheater (1905–1913), the Vienna Volkstheater , the Neue Wiener Bühne, the Frankfurter Schauspielhaus and the Münchner Kammerspiele (1934–1939). Since 1919 he appeared in small supporting roles in film, but he was not seen there more often until 1939. Because of his slim, elegant appearance, he was occasionally used as a nobleman or businessman, but mostly he embodied servants and other small people.

During the shooting of the ice revue film The White Dream (1943) Theodor Danegger was temporarily imprisoned for homosexual acts. After the end of the Second World War he soon found new small film engagements, initially in Austrian, and from 1949 increasingly often in West German productions as well. Danegger died in Vienna in 1959 and was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 122, row 7, number 19).

Theodor Danegger is the son of the Austrian character actor and director Josef Danegger (1865–1933) and the brother of the actress Mathilde Danegger (1903–1988).

Filmography

literature

  • Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 85.

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personal data
SURNAME Danegger, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES German, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Lienz
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1959
Place of death Vienna