Vilma Degischer

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Vilma Degischer (born November 17, 1911 in Vienna , † May 3, 1992 in Baden near Vienna; actually: Wilhelmine Anna Maria Thimig-Degischer ) was an Austrian chamber actress .

Live and act

Grave site in the Sieveringen cemetery

The daughter of a court counselor completed training in expressive dance and classical ballet with Grete Gross, Gertrude Bodenwieser and Ellinor Tordis . Until 1931 she studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna . She made her stage debut during her training as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream under Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin . It was here that she met her fellow actor Hermann Thimig , whom she married in 1939. The marriage resulted in two daughters, Hedwig (* 1939) and Johanna ( Johanna Thimig ) (1943–2014), called Hannerl. She also became an actress.

After completing her training, she was hired at the Reinhardt Theaters in Vienna and Berlin. Their main place of activity was the theater in der Josefstadt . An interruption was her engagement at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna from 1935 to 1939 . From 1939 until her death she was part of the Josefstadt ensemble, whose doyenne she was ultimately. She appeared at the Salzburg Festival from the 1930s and played in Figaro lets divorce (1970), Jedermann (1973, 1974, 1976), Der Talisman (1976, 1978–1980, directed by Otto Schenk ) and Elias Canetti's wedding (1988).

She played around 400 roles in both classical and modern theater plays in her lifetime. Her strengths were conversational and parlor pieces. She was considered the ideal cast for the female characters Arthur Schnitzler and Hugo von Hofmannsthal . She also played classic roles from Shakespeare , Goethe and Grillparzer to Ibsen , Chekhov and Pirandello .

She was rarely seen in films, but from 1955 onwards she became known to an audience of millions as Archduchess Sophie, the strict mother-in-law of Sissi, played by Romy Schneider , in the film trilogy of the same name .

In the popular radio family that was broadcast almost every week from 1952 to 1960 , Vilma Degischer introduced Vilma Floriani, wife of Higher Regional Court Judge Dr. Hans Floriani (played by her brother-in-law Hans Thimig ). As a voice actress she lent her voice to Mother Superior in Meine Lieder - Meine Träume (German version of The Sound of Music, 1965).

She rests next to her husband in the Sieveringer Friedhof (section 2, group 13, number 76) in Vienna.

characterization

Degischer's advantages are emphasized in conversational pieces, such as her elegance, nobility, her charm and her great linguistic mastery. She was considered to be the embodiment of the legendary Josefstadt style of musical language culture and attitude, which is referred to there as 'Contenance'.

Filmography

Awards

literature

used:

further:

  • H. Möckli: The Theater in der Josefstadt 1945–1955 and the life's work of Vilma Degischer (1911–1992) . Diploma thesis University of Vienna 1996.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Beck: Degischer, Vilma . In: Theaterlexikon 2. 2007, p. 144.
  2. ↑ Weinzierl in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung November 22, 1999, quoted from: Wolfgang Beck: Degischer, Vilma . In: Theaterlexikon 2. 2007, p. 144.
personal data
SURNAME Degischer, Vilma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Degischer, Wilhelmine Anna Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1992
Place of death Baden (Lower Austria)