Paula Anna Maria Wessely

Paula Anna Maria Wessely was born on the 20^th January 1907; she died on the 11^th May 2000. She was an Austrian theatre and movie actress.

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Biography

Paula Anna Maria Wessely was born in the city of Vienna; she was the daughter of the butcher Carl Wessely, the younger brother of the late actress of the Burgtheatre Josephine Wessely.

Maria Wessely attended the Vienna State Academy of Music and Performing Arts from the year 1922 and later the Max Reinhardt Seminar. She made her first appearance at the Volkstheater in the year 1924.

She became a member of the New German Theatre group in Prague in the year 1926, and it was there that she performed with her future husband Attila Hörbiger in Les Nouveaux Messieurs by Croisset and Flers. She moved back to the Volkstheatre in the year 1927 and played a role in Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea as well as Wedekind's Spring Awakening.

She moved to Theater in der Josefstadt under director Max Reinhardt after she was denied of a role of Jenny in Brecht's Threepenny Opera in the year 1929.

In her last year on earth, she led a secluded life in her town, Vienna and passed through a major depression, which was as a result of the death of her husband. She quietly celebrated her 93^rd birthday on 20^th January 2000, with her only daughter and grandchildren at her residence. She suffered an acute attack of bronchitis in April of that same year and was admitted to a hospital in the city of Vienna. Maria Wessely died on the 11^th May at the age of 93, peacefully in her sleep.

Filmography

As an Actress

Ø  1984 Der Unbestechliche (TV Movie)

Ø  1979 Augenblicke - 4 Szenen mit Paula Wessely (TV Movie)

Ø  1978 Der große Karpfen Ferdinand und andere Weihnachtsgeschichten (TV Movie) as Frau Schuhmacher, Witwe

Ø  1977 Glückssachen (TV Movie) as Anna

Ø  1974 Nichts als Erinnerung (TV Movie) as Militza

Ø  1969 Rumpelstilz (TV Movie) as Gertrud Leu

Ø  1968 Fast ein Poet (TV Movie) as Nora Melody

Ø  1964 Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung (TV Movie) as Mrs. Arbuthnot

Ø  1961 Der Bauer als Millionär as Die Zufriedenheit

Ø  1961 Everyman as Glaube

Ø  1960 Das weite Land (TV Movie) as Genia, seine Frau

Ø  1959 Die unvollkommene Ehe as Frau Dr. Winifred Lert

Ø  1957 Bewildered Youth as Christa Teichmann

Ø  1957 Under 18 as Luise Gottschalk

Ø  1955 Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone as Fürstin Pia Maria / Maria Lindner

Ø  1954 Weg in die Vergangenheit as Gabriele Gärtner

Ø  1954 Das Licht der Liebe as Käthe Zeller

Ø  1953 I and My Wife as Sophie Naglmüller

Ø  1951 Maria Theresia as Maria Theresia

Ø  1950 Cordula as Cordula

Ø  1949 Vagabonds as Dr. Elisabeth Kamma

Ø  1948 The Angel with the Trumpet as Henriette Stein

Ø  1944 Das Herz muß schweigen as Maximiliane Frey

Ø  1943 Die kluge Marianne as Marianne

Ø  1943 Late Love as Sophie von Angerspang

Ø  1941 Homecoming as Maria Thomas

Ø  1940 Ein Leben lang as Agnes Seethaler

Ø  1939 Maria Ilona as Maria Ilona von Wolkersdorf

Ø  1938 Life's Mirror as Johanna 'Hanna' Karfreit, seine Tochter

Ø  1937 Die ganz großen Torheiten as Therese Brandl

Ø  1936 Harvest as Julika

Ø  1935 Episode as Valerie Gärtner

Ø  1934 So Ended a Great Love as Grand Duchess Marie Louise

Ø  1934 Masquerade in Vienna as Leopoldine Dur

As a Producer

Ø  1959 Die unvollkommene Ehe (executive producer)

Ø  1957 Under 18 (producer)

Ø  1956 Liebe, die den Kopf verliert (producer)

Ø  1955 Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone (executive producer)

Ø  1954 Weg in die Vergangenheit (producer)

Ø  1954 Das Licht der Liebe (executive producer - uncredited)

Ø  1951 Maria Theresia (producer)

Ø  1950 Cordula (producer)

Ø  1938 Life's Mirror (executive producer)

Archive footage

Ø  2013 Oskar Pilzer - Die bewegte Geschichte der Wiener Filmateliers (TV Movie documentary) as Herself / Various

Ø  2010 Der ewige Dienstmann - Hans Moser im Porträt (TV Movie documentary) as Herself (uncredited)

Ø  2004 Das Wiener Burgtheater (TV Movie documentary)

Ø  2002 My Sister Maria (Documentary) as Herself (uncredited)

Ø  1977 Sterne die vorüberzogen (TV Movie documentary) as Herself

Ø  1948 Leckerbissen as Herself - filmszenen

Ø  1941 Wir erinnern uns gern as Selbst / Herself

Awards and Decorations

Ø  1935: Volpi Cup for Best Actress for the film Episode (Venice Biennale)

Ø  1949: Max Reinhardt ring

Ø  1960: Kainz Medal

Ø  1962: Bambi Prize

Ø  1963: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class

Ø  1967: Gold Medal of the capital Vienna

Ø  1976: Grand Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria

Ø  1979: Alma Seidler Ring (female counterpart to the Iffland Ring and donated in 1978 by the Austrian Government to mark the death of Burgschauspielerin Alma Seidler (1899 - 1977); Wessely was the first recipient)

Ø  1982: Honorary Ring of Vienna

Ø  1984: Gold German Film Award for many years of excellent work in German films