Elfriede Ott (11 June 1925 – 12 June 2019) was an Austrian actress, singer, stage director and instructor. She was born in

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, and was married twice; first to , and second to

Hans Weigel Julius Hans Weigel (29 May 1908, Vienna – 12 August 1991, Maria Enzersdorf) was an Austrian Jewish writer and a theater critic. He lived in Vienna, except during the period between 1938 and 1945, when he lived in exile in Switzerland. He wa ...

. She was originally educated as watchmaker, in order to take over her father's workshop. She made her stage debut at the Vienna

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in 1944, which was the start of a long career in theatre. She also occasionally played in

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s and in numerous television productions, and she had assignments as stage director. From 1985 to 2004 she gave theatre lectures at the

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. Ott received several awards, including the

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, as well as the titles ''Kammerschauspielerin'' and ''Professor''.

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1925 births 2019 deaths Actresses from Vienna Austrian actresses {{austria-bio-stub

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