Actress Johanna Matz died – Diepresse.com
The older generation was known to Matz as the proverbial « sweet girl » in many post -war films. In the Burgtheater, she was on stage as an ensemble member in over 40 years.
The Austrian chamber actress Johanna Matz died on Easter Monday at the age of 92 with her family. This was announced on Wednesday evening, the Burgtheater, where Matz was a member of the ensemble from 1950 to 1993. « The house mourns the loss of Johanna Matz, who was closely connected to the Burgtheater for many years. In over 40 years as a member of the ensemble, she was on stage more than three hundred ninety times » Stefan Bachmann The actress.
Matz, born on October 5, 1932 in Vienna, was always a early start. As a four-year-old she received ballet lessons, later she visited the Academy for Music and Performing Art in Vienna and then the Max Reinhardt seminar as a student of Grete Wiesenthal, where she was discovered by director Berthold Quarter in 1950 and hired to the Burgtheater for the play « Frankie and the Wedding ».
Appointed chamber actress in 1967
She remained true to the house on the ring – with an interruption from 1952 to 1954. In 1967 she was appointed chamber actress as the youngest actress. Matz played in classics from Shakespeare, Schnitzler or Chekhov as well as in performances of contemporary authors such as Peter Handke and Thomas Bernhard. From the end of the 1970s, she concentrated on readings all over Europe, but returned in 1993 in Jerome Kilty’s “beloved liar” to say goodbye to the stage.
« /> Johanna Matz, on the occasion of her award with the « Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art 1st Class » in November 2002. APA/Guenter R. Artinger
The « sweet girl » in numerous post -war films
The older generation was « Hannerl » Matz as the proverbial « sweet girl » in many post -war films. The later « Sissy » director Ernst Marischka made her appear in « Two in a car » in 1951 as a cheeky « Wiener Mädel ». The participation in films such as « Die Försterchristel », « Hannerl », « The Dreimäderlhaus » or « The Congress dances » finally led to the actress remained adhering to this image for life. « In the White Rößl » with Johannes Heesters also became the audience hit. Director Otto Preminger brought her to Hollywood for his film « The Virgin on the roof ».
In the 1960s, Matz distanced himself from this picture with roles in classic pieces of world literature on stage and on television, including Schnitzler’s « Anatol », Lessing’s « Minna von Barnhelm », or Goethe’s « Stella ». However, the actress had the greatest television success in Erich Neuberg’s staging of the « Stories from the Vienna Wald », where she played alongside Helmut Qualtinger and Hans Moser.
In 2002 Matz was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art 1st Class, in 2004 she was once again experienced in a episode of the « Schlosshotel Orth ». (APA)
