Helene Thimig
Helene Ottilie Thimig was an Austrian stage and film actress.
Personal life
Helene Thimig was the daughter of actor Hugo Thimig and the sister of actors Hermann and Hans Thimig.Thimig was married to the stage impresario Max Reinhardt from 1935 until his death in 1943. Thimig went into exile in the United States during the Nazi era, and returned to Europe after World War II.
Professional life
Returning to Vienna from her American exile, she headed the Max Reinhardt Seminar, an acting school, from 1948 to 1954. Beginning in 1946, she directed the Jedermann productions during the Salzburg Festival. She had played the female lead in that play for years under Reinhardt's direction and resumed the role from 1946 to 1951 and 1963 to 1965. She became an ensemble member at Vienna's Burgtheater in 1947; she moved to the Theater in the Josefstadt in 1954.She died in her native Vienna in 1974, aged 85, of heart failure. She was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering; her ashes are now buried in Neustifter Friedhof in Vienna.
Selected filmography
Man Without a Name - Eva-Maria SanderThe Gay Sisters - SaskiaThe Moon Is Down - Annie Edge of Darkness - Mrs. Frida Malken The Hitler Gang - Angela RaubalThe Seventh Cross - Frau Anders Strangers in the Night - Mrs. Hilda BlakeThe Master Race - Matalie Rudan - George's Mother None But the Lonely Heart - Sister Nurse Roughly Speaking - Olga - Maid Hotel Berlin - Frau Sarah BaruchIsle of the Dead - Madame KyraThis Love of Ours - Mrs. TuckerCloak and Dagger - Katerin LodorThe Locket - Mrs. MonksHigh Conquest - Frau OberwalderCry Wolf - MartaThe Immortal Face - Henriette FeuerbachEscape Me Never - The LandladyGottes Engel sind überall - Eine Dame in GrauThe Angel with the Trumpet - Gretel Paskiewicz, geb. AltDie Stimme Österreichs - HerselfDecision Before Dawn - Fräulein Paula SchneiderUndine Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof - Gerber-Leni, Sepps MutterWinter in the Woods - Baronin HennyDie Magd von Heiligenblut - Kraeuter-VettiFunken in der Asche - Helene Langer- ''Johann Wolfgang''