Johanna Matz (5 October 1932 – 21 April 2025) was an Austrian actress. Matz was born in

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on 5 October 1932. She began as a dancer and from 1950 to 1993 acted at the

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. Matz died on 21 April 2025, at the age of 92.

Selected filmography

* '' Maria Theresa'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1952) * '' Season in Salzburg'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952) * '' The Forester's Daughter'' (1952) * '' Everything for Father'' (1953) * '' Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach'' (1953), the German version of '' The Moon Is Blue'' (1953), which was filmed at the same time, on the same sets and days, filmed by the same director

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, and in which she had a cameo * '' Arlette Conquers Paris'' (1953) * '' They Were So Young'' (1954) * '' Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells'' (1955) * '' The Life and Loves of Mozart'' (1955) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * '' Regine'' (1956) * '' And Lead Us Not Into Temptation'' (1957) * ' (1958) * '' Die unvollkommene Ehe'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1960) * ''

The Happy Years of the Thorwalds ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (German: ''Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds'') is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and , starring Elisabeth Bergner, Hansjörg Felmy and Dietmar Schönherr.Bock & Bergfelder p.40 It ...

'' (1962) * '' Life Begins at Eight'' (1962) * '' Call of the Forest'' (1965) * ''The Tale of the 1002nd Night'' (1969, TV film) * '' The Captain'' (1971) * '' When Mother Went on Strike'' (1974)

Decorations and awards

* 1967: Appointed chamber actress (''Kammerschauspielerin'') * 2002:

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* * 1932 births 2025 deaths Austrian stage actresses Austrian film actresses Austrian television actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses Actresses from Vienna Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class {{Austria-actor-stub