- Liane Haid
Liane Haid (
August 16 ,1895 –November 28 ,2000 ) was anAustria n actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.Born in
Vienna , Haid trained both as adancer andsinger and became the epitome of the "Süßes Wiener Mädel" ("Sweet Viennese Girl") and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 30s. Her first motion picture was apropaganda film made during the First World War, "Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland" (1916). She worked for UFA and, as a trained singer, easily made the transition to the sound era, appearing incomedy film s alongside German stars such asWilli Forst ,Georg Alexander ,Theo Lingen , andHeinz Rühmann .Having refused several offers from
Hollywood , she escaped fromNazi Germany toSwitzerland in 1942 "because of the regime, because everything was bombed, and because all the good directors had left". She got married and also ended her film career.Her notable films include "Lady Hamilton" (1921; her breakthrough role); "Lucrezia Borgia" (1926); "Die Csardasfürstin" (1927, based on the
operetta by Emmerich Kálmán); and thetalkie s "Das Lied ist aus " ("The Song Is Ended") (1930) and "Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn " (1936). She made her last film appearance in 1953.Liane Haid died in
Bern ,Switzerland , in 2000, aged 105.ee also
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* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=272 Photographs of Liane Haid]
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