Marianne Walla

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Marianne Walla was an Austrian film and theater actress. After Hitler's Anschluss of Austria she was forced to emigrate to Great Britain. [1]

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<i>Anschluss</i> annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938

Anschluss refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The word's German spelling, until the German orthography reform of 1996, was Anschluß and it was also known as the Anschluss Österreichs.

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Career

Little is known about life and work of Marianne Walla. She performed the role Good Works in Jedermann by Hugo von Hofmannsthal at the Salzburg Festival from 1930 to 1937. Only two further productions in Austria are documented, both at ABC im Regenbogen in Vienna, both in plays by Jura Soyfer: In 1937, she was seen in Die Botschaft von Astoria, in 1938 she embodied the Queen in Broadway-Melodie 1492, directed by Rudolf Steinböck.

<i>Jedermann</i> (play) 1911 play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal based on the English morality play Everyman

Jedermann (Everyman) is a play by the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is based on several medieval mystery plays, including the late 15th-century English morality play Everyman. It was first performed on 1 December 1911 in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Circus Schumann.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist

Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal was an Austrian prodigy, a novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.

Salzburg Festival music festival

The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One highlight is the annual performance of the play Jedermann (Everyman) by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

After her emigration to London, she participated in the opening of the Austrian exile stage Das Laterndl on 27 June 1939. The performances took place at the Austrian Center and were directed by Martin Miller, another emigrant from Austria. Again she performed in a play by Soyfer, she played Fritzi in The Lechner Edi looks into paradise. In 1943, she married British citizen John M. Brice. [2]

Martin Miller (actor) Czech actor

Martin Miller, born Johann Rudolph Müller was a Czech-Austrian character actor who played many small roles in British films and television series from the early 1940s until his death. He was best known for playing eccentric doctors, scientists and professors, although he played a wide range of small, obscure roles—including photographers, waiters, a pet store dealer, rabbis, a Dutch sailor and a Swiss tailor. On stage he was noted in particular for his parodies of Adolf Hitler and roles as Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace and Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap.

In the post-war years, she performed in several film and television productions.

Filmography

TitleYearRoleDirector
Odette 1950SS Wardress Herbert Wilcox
The Divided Heart 1954 Charles Crichton
Breakaway 1955 Henry Cass
Overseas Press Club: Two Against the Kremlin 1957
A Time of Day 1957
Count Five and Die 1957Mrs. Hendrijk Victor Vicas
The Captain of Koepenick 1958
Carve Her Name with Pride 1958 Lewis Gilbert
Magnolia Street 1961
Storyboard 1961
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References

  1. Charmian Brinson; Richard Dove (2003). "Stimme Der Wahrheit": German-language Broadcasting by the BBC. Rodopi. p. 67. ISBN   90-420-0978-0.
  2. Marriage of Marianne Walla, ancestry.com