Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel (5 April 1900 – 24 December 1994) was an Austrian actress who started her career in Germany during the 1920s. Under the

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regime she emigrated to the United States, where she appeared on the Broadway and in a few Hollywood movies. She later returned to Germany, where she worked with numerous successful theatres of

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, among them Fritz Kortner's Berliner Bühnen. Neumann-Viertel was also a notable character actress in films and television, although she seldom played a leading role there. She retired in the late 1980s after nearly 70 years of acting. Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel was the third wife of film director Berthold Viertel.

Partial filmography

* '' Sister Veronika'' (1927) * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1927) - Frl. Stenz * '' Doña Juana'' (1927) - Ines' Freundin Clara * '' M'' (1931) - (uncredited) * '' The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov'' (1931) - Fenja * '' Donogoo Tonka'' (1936) - Auswandererfrau * ''

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'' (1936) - Junge Frau aus Ferrara * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) - Konzertbesucherin * '' The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler'' (1943) - Mizzi * ''

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'' (1945) - Freda Kassel (uncredited) * '' The Eternal Waltz'' (1954) - Mutter Strauß * ''Beichtgeheimnis'' (1956) - Frau Blendinger * '' The Secret Ways'' (1961) - Olga Kovac * ''

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'' (1962) - Flower Vendor (uncredited) * '' Freud: The Secret Passion'' (1962) - Frau Bernays, Martha's Mother (uncredited) * '' Kurzer Prozess'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1968, TV Movie) - Grandmother * ''

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'' (1972) - Fraulein Schneider * ''

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'' (1974) - Frau Wenzer * '' Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi'' (1975, TV Series) - Einödbäuerin * ''

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'' (1978, TV Series) - Frau Ellweg * '' The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979) - Oberin im Kloster * '' The American Success Company'' (1980) * ' (1983) - Grandmother * ''Happy Weekend'' (1983) * '' The Little Drummer Girl'' (1984) - Mrs. Minkel * ''Why Is There Salt in the Sea?'' (1988, TV Movie) - Uschi's Grandmother (final film role)

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