Franz Stoss (28 May 1909 – 21 June 1995) was an
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n
stage
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.
film
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and
television actor
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. He also worked as a
theatre director
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. Following the
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he worked at the re-opened
Vienna
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Burgtheater
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.
[Yates p.236]
Selected filmography
* ''
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'' (1955)
* ''
The Model Boy'' (1963)
* ''
Condemned to Sin'' (1964)
* ''
I Learned It from Father'' (1964)
* ''
Trouble with Trixie'' (1972)
* ''
Der Bockerer'' (1981)
References
Bibliography
* Yates, W.E. ''Theatre in Vienna: A Critical History, 1776-1995''. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
External links
*
Franz Stoß(in German) from the online-archive of the
Österreichischen Mediathek
1909 births
1995 deaths
Austrian male film actors
Austrian male television actors
Austrian male stage actors
Male actors from Vienna
20th-century Austrian male actors
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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