- Waltraut Haas
Waltraut Haas (born
June 9 ,1927 ) is a popularAustria n stage and film actress and singer.Born in
Vienna , Haas grew up atSchloss Schönbrunn , where her mother was a restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut inLinz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved fame and recognition already through her first movie, thecult classic "Der Hofrat Geiger " (1947), in which she played Mariandl, the illegitimate daughter of a woman who runs aninn in the picturesqueWachau valley. In 1961, Haas would play Mariandl's single mother in aremake entitled "Mariandl". Her other famous movie role was that of Josepha Vogelhuber in the 1960 remake of "The White Horse Inn " ("Im weißen Rößl") oppositePeter Alexander . After 60 movies, mainly comedies and musicals, she stopped making films around 1970. Since then, she has also appeared on television.Since 1966 Waltraut Haas has been married to actor
Erwin Strahl , with whom she has been performing both on the stage and in films. The couple has one son, actor and director Marcus Strahl.Haas lives in
Hietzing , Vienna.elect filmography
* "
Der Hofrat Geiger " (1947)
* "Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee" (Franz Antel , 1949) (oppositeHans Holt )
* "Hallo Dienstmann" (Franz Antel, 1952) (oppositePaul Hörbiger , Hans Moser andAnnie Rosar )
* "1. April 2000" (Wolfgang Liebeneiner , 1952) (ascience fiction movie)
* "William Tell" (1953) (inErrol Flynn 's unfinished film project [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190148/#comment] )
* "Der Onkel aus Amerika" (1953) (with Hans Moser,Georg Thomalla andGrethe Weiser )
* "Der Zigeunerbaron" (1954) (based on theoperetta "Der Zigeunerbaron " by Johann Strauß Sohn)
* "Das Licht der Liebe" (1954) (a family drama starringPaula Wessely )
* "Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne" (1955) (oppositeHeinz Rühmann )
* "Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof" (1955) (a "Heimatfilm " based on the 1870 play "Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld" byLudwig Anzengruber [http://www.payer.de/religionskritik/anzengruber01.htm] ; oppositeErich Auer andAttila Hörbiger )
* "Stimme der Sehnsucht" (1956) (starringRudolf Schock )
* "Lumpazivagabundus" (Franz Antel, 1956) (based on the 1833 play byJohann Nestroy ; with Paul Hörbiger,Gunther Philipp andJoachim Fuchsberger )
* "Der Bettelstudent " (1956) (based on the operetta byKarl Millöcker )
* "Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett" (Paul Verhoeven, 1957) (oppositeGerhard Riedmann andHarald Juhnke )
* "Immer die Radfahrer" (1958) (alongsideHeinz Erhardt ,Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff ,Christiane Hörbiger andMady Rahl )
* "Der schwarze Blitz" (1958) (a "Heimatfilm" featuring lots ofskiing andToni Sailer ,Dietmar Schönherr ,Gustav Knuth )
* "Eine Reise ins Glück" (1958) (alongsideRudolf Prack ,Oskar Sima andTheo Lingen )
* "Im weißen Rößl" (1960)
* "Junge Leute brauchen Liebe" (Géza von Cziffra , 1961) (withCornelia Froboess ,Johannes Heesters andSenta Berger )
* "Mariandl" (1961) (alongside Cornelia Froboess, Hans Moser, Rudolf Prack,Peter Weck andSusi Nicoletti )
* "Saison in Salzburg" (1961) (opposite Peter Alexander)
* "Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies" (1962) (also starring Peter Alexander,Marika Rökk and Gunther Philipp; based on the 1941 operetta byFriedrich Schröder )
* "Happy End am Wörthersee" (1964) (opposite Rudolf Prack and Paul Hörbiger)
* "Happy End am Wolfgangsee" (Franz Antel, 1966) (opposite Erwin Strahl)
* "Außer Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee" (Franz Antel, 1971) (playing again the owner of the White Horse Inn)External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352020/ Waltraut Haas] at the
IMDb
* [http://www.marchfelderhof.at/promisgallerie_archiv69.htm Photos of her 39th wedding anniversary] , taken at Marchfelderhof,Deutsch-Wagram , August 2005
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=5795 Photographs of Waltraut Haas]
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