Waltraut Haas
Waltraut Haas (born June 9, 1927) is a popular Austrian stage and film actress and singer.[1]
Born in Vienna, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in Linz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved fame and recognition already through her first movie, the cult classic Der Hofrat Geiger (1947), in which she played Mariandl, the illegitimate daughter of a woman who runs an inn in the picturesque Wachau valley. In 1961, Haas would play Mariandl's single mother in a remake entitled Mariandl. Her other famous movie role was that of Josepha Vogelhuber in the 1960 remake of The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rößl) opposite Peter Alexander. After 60 movies, mainly comedies and musicals, she stopped making films around 1970. Since then, she has also appeared on television.
From 1966 until his death in 2011, Waltraut Haas was married to actor Erwin Strahl, with whom she frequently performed both on the stage and in films. Their son Marcus Strahl is an actor and director.
Haas lives in Hietzing, Vienna.
Select filmography
- Der Hofrat Geiger (1947)
- Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee (Franz Antel, 1949) (opposite Hans Holt)
- Hallo Dienstmann (Franz Antel, 1952) (opposite Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser and Annie Rosar)
- Ideal Woman Sought (1952)
- The Mine Foreman (1952)
- 1. April 2000 (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952) (a science fiction movie)
- William Tell (1953) (in Errol Flynn's unfinished film project [1])
- Josef the Chaste (1953)
- Der Onkel aus Amerika (1953) (with Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla and Grethe Weiser)
- Der Zigeunerbaron (1954) (based on the operetta Der Zigeunerbaron by Johann Strauß Sohn)
- Das Licht der Liebe (1954) (a family drama starring Paula Wessely)
- Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne (1955) (opposite Heinz Rühmann)
- Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof (1955) (a Heimatfilm based on the 1870 play Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld by Ludwig Anzengruber [2]; opposite Erich Auer and Attila Hörbiger)
- Stimme der Sehnsucht (1956) (starring Rudolf Schock)
- Lumpazivagabundus (Franz Antel, 1956) (based on the 1833 play by Johann Nestroy; with Paul Hörbiger, Gunther Philipp and Joachim Fuchsberger)
- Der Bettelstudent (1956) (based on the operetta by Karl Millöcker)
- Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett (Paul Verhoeven, 1957) (opposite Gerhard Riedmann and Harald Juhnke)
- fr (1958) (starring Georges Marchal)
- Immer die Radfahrer (1958) (alongside Heinz Erhardt, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Christiane Hörbiger and Mady Rahl)
- Der schwarze Blitz (1958) (a Heimatfilm featuring lots of skiing and Toni Sailer, Dietmar Schönherr, Gustav Knuth)
- Eine Reise ins Glück (1958) (alongside Rudolf Prack, Oskar Sima and Theo Lingen)
- Im weißen Rößl (1960)
- Junge Leute brauchen Liebe (Géza von Cziffra, 1961) (with Cornelia Froboess, Johannes Heesters and Senta Berger)
- Mariandl (1961) (alongside Cornelia Froboess, Hans Moser, Rudolf Prack, Peter Weck and Susi Nicoletti)
- Saison in Salzburg (1961) (opposite Peter Alexander)
- Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies (1962) (also starring Peter Alexander, Marika Rökk and Gunther Philipp; based on the 1941 operetta by Friedrich Schröder)
- Happy End am Wörthersee (1964) (opposite Rudolf Prack and Paul Hörbiger)
- Happy End am Wolfgangsee (Franz Antel, 1966) (opposite Erwin Strahl)
- Außer Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee (Franz Antel, 1971) (playing again the owner of the White Horse Inn)
Decorations and awards
- 1957:"Pearl of the Atlantic" at Mar del Plata Film Festival
- 1987: Medal of the capital Vienna in gold
- 1988: Robert Stolz Award for her portrayal of Der kleine Gardeoffizier (Little Guardsman)
- 2001: Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the province of Lower Austria
- 2001: Rose of Lake Wörthersee: best actress
- 2002: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art[2]
- 2003: Golden Harp Music Association Friends of the operetta
- 2010: Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the city of Vienna
References
External links
- Waltraut Haas at the IMDb
- Photos of her 39th wedding anniversary, taken at Marchfelderhof, Deutsch-Wagram, August 2005
- Photographs of Waltraut Haas
- The official Websites of Waltraut Haas & Erwin Strahl
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