Elisabeth Orth (
née
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Hörbiger; 8 February 1936 – 17 May 2025) was an Austrian actress.
Life and career
Born in
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
on 8 February 1936, Orth was the daughter of actors
Attila Hörbiger
Attila Hörbiger (21 April 1896 – 27 April 1987) was an Austrian stage and movie actor.
Life
Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and the younge ...
and
Paula Wessely
Paula Anna Maria Wessely (20 January 1907 – 11 May 2000) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. ''Die Wessely'' (literally "The Wessely"), as she was affectionately called by her admirers and fans, was Austria's foremost popular postwar actre ...
and the sister of actresses
Christiane Hörbiger
Christiane Hörbiger (13 October 1938 – 30 November 2022) was an Austrian stage, film, and television actress. Her first major film role was Mary Vetsera in '' Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe'' in 1955. She appeared on the stage of the Burgthe ...
and . After studying at the
Max Reinhardt Seminar
The Max Reinhardt Seminar (Reinhardt Seminar) is the School of Drama at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria. It is located in the Palais Cumberland, Penzingerstraße 9, in Vienna's 14th district ().
History
A ''Leh ...
, she joined the
Volkstheater, Vienna
The Volkstheater (translated as "People's Theatre") in Vienna was founded in 1889 by request of the citizens of Vienna, amongst them the dramatist Ludwig Anzengruber and the furniture manufacturer Gebrüder Thonet, Thonet, in order to offer a pop ...
and the
Residence Theatre
The Residence Theatre (in German: Residenztheater) or New Residence Theatre (Neues Residenztheater) of the Residence in Munich was built from 1950 to 1951 by Karl Hocheder. The renovation of 1981 by Alexander von Branca removed the decoration wh ...
. She then joined the
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater (; literally: "Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater", originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in ...
, where she remained for the remainder of her career, with the exception of a stint at the
Schaubühne
The (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the ''Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designed by Erich Mendelsohn in 192 ...
from 1995 to 1999.
Until November 2019, Orth served as president of , when she was succeeded by her son. On 11 January 2015, she read a text from the Austrian government at the "Together against Terror" march at the
Ballhausplatz
Ballhausplatz is a town square, square in central Vienna containing the building (with the address Ballhausplatz 2) that for over two hundred years has been the official residence of the most senior Austrian Cabinet Minister, the State Chancellor ...
in front of 12,000 spectators.
Elisabeth Orth died in Vienna on 17 May 2025, at the age of 89.
Filmography
*''
Kurzer Prozess
''Kurzer Prozess'' is a 1967 German crime film directed by Michael Kehlmann.
Cast
* Helmut Qualtinger - Inspektor Pokorny
* Gudrun Thielemann - Karin Nieburg
* Alexander Kerst - Wolfert
* Bruni Löbel - Fräulein Schebesta
* Franz Stoss - M ...
'' (1967)
*' (1977)
*' (1989)
*' (1997)
*''
The Inheritors'' (1998)
*' (2000)
*' (2009)
*''
Pepperminta'' (2009)
*' (2012)
*' (2012)
*' (2013)
*''
Superegos'' (2014)
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References
External links
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1936 births
2025 deaths
Austrian actresses