Therese Krones (7 October 1801 – 28 December 1830) was an Austrian actress.

Life and career

She was born 7 October 1801 in

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to parents who were engaged in the theatrical business, Franz Josef Krones (1766–1839) and his wife Anna Theresia Walter (* 1770). The actor Josef Krones was her brother. After several provincial tours she appeared at the

Leopoldstädter Theater The Theater in der Leopoldstadt (also: Leopoldstädter Theater) was an opera house in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna, founded in 1781 by Karl von Marinelli, following the ''Schauspielfreiheit'' (ending of the court's monopoly on entertainment ...

in Vienna, where she played with

Ferdinand Raimund Ferdinand Raimund (born Ferdinand Jakob Raimann; 1 June 1790 – 5 September 1836, Pottenstein, Austria, Pottenstein, Lower Austria) was an Austrian actor and playwright. Life and work Raimund was born in Vienna as a son of Bohemian woodturn ...

, who greatly influenced her technique. In 1821, she made her debut in the play ''Das lustige Trauerspiel Evakathel und Prinz Schnudi oder die Belagerung von Ypsilon'' by

Philipp Hafner Philipp Hafner (September 27, 1735 (some sources say 1731) - July 30, 1764) was an Austrian farce writer, born in Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Feder ...

. In 1827, she retired from the stage for a time, being unjustly accused of complicity in the murder of by . She wrote several plays: ''Sylphide, das See-Fräulein'' (1828), ''Der Branntweinbrenner und der Nebelgeist'' (1829), and ''Kleopatra'' (1830). Krones died 28 December 1830 in Vienna after a short but serious illness of stomach, aged only 29. She was buried at the

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, and in 1930 was exhumed and reburied in an honorary grave in the Vienna

Zentralfriedhof The Vienna Central Cemetery () is one of the largest cemeteries in the world by number of interred, and is the most well-known among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. The cemetery's name is descriptive of its significance as Vienna's biggest cemet ...

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* Actresses from the Austrian Empire Women dramatists and playwrights People from Bruntál Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery 1801 births 1830 deaths Silesian-German people Dramatists and playwrights from the Austrian Empire {{Austria-bio-stub