Tilly Losch

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Tilly Losch (1931)

Tilly Losch (born November 15, 1903 in Vienna , † December 24, 1975 in New York City ; born Ottilie Ethel Losch ) was an Austrian dancer , actress , choreographer and painter .

Life

In 1913 she entered the ballet school of the Vienna Court Opera and was accepted into the corps de ballet on March 1, 1918 and the opera ballet on February 1, 1921. On January 1, 1924, she became a solo dancer at what is now the State Opera. In choreographies by Heinrich Kröller, she created, among other things, the princess tea in the world premiere of the ballet Schlagobers on May 9, 1924 (music: Richard Strauss ) and in 1927 the title role in the world premiere of The Luring Phantom (music: Franz Salmhofer).

In 1927 she took part in Max Reinhardt's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Salzburg Festival , for which she also created the choreography. On August 31, 1927, she ended her engagement at the Vienna State Opera.

Losch gave u. a. guest performances with Toni Birkmeyer and Harald Kreutzberg and went to England with Reinhardt. In 1928 she was on stage for the first time in London , and soon after in New York. There she danced in The Bandwagon with Fred Astaire and his sister Adele in 1931 .

In 1930 she married the wealthy Englishman Edward James . This financed the ballet ensemble "Les Ballets 1933" under the artistic direction of George Balanchine. As a ballerina of some of his ballets she created a. a. Leading roles in Errante and, together with Lotte Lenya, The Seven Deadly Sins (by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht ). In 1934 she was divorced from Edward James.

Encouraged by Max Reinhardt, she had already turned to acting since 1926. She has appeared in Hollywood films and has continued to perform in London and New York. In 1939 she married Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon, a second marriage . The now Countess of Carnarvon turned to painting and exhibited her pictures for the first time in New York in 1944. Her marriage to Herbert was divorced again in 1947.

Tilly Losch died of at the age of 72 years suffering from cancer . Her grave is on the grounds of Schloss Leopoldskron in the Salzburg district of Riedenburg .

Filmography

literature

  • Andrea Amort : Tilly Losch and Hedy Pfundmayr. Expression and seduction. Two ballet stars from Vienna in the wake of modernity. In: Monika Faber (ed.): Dance of the hands. Contributions to the history of photography in Austria. Volume 7, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7003-1896-5 , pp. 27–41.
  • Edward James : Swans mirror elephants. My life as a rich child. My four years with Tilly Losch and the end of my youth. Edited by George Melly, translated from the English by Ursula Wulfekamp. With an afterword by Hubertus Gaßner. Schirmer Mosel Literature, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-8296-0597-7 .

Web links

Commons : Tilly Losch  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Tilly Losch
personal data
SURNAME Losch, Tilly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Losch, Ottilie Ethel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American dancer, actress and painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1975
Place of death New York City