Lizzi Waldmüller

Austrian actress and singer

Lizzi Waldmüller (25 May 1904 in Knittelfeld, Styria – 8 April 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian^[1] singer and actress^[2] whose breakthrough to stardom came through her role as Rachel in the Willi Forst movie Bel Ami in 1939.^[3]

Waldmüller had her theatre debut in Innsbruck in the 1920s, before finding success in Graz, Vienna^[4] and eventually abroad - in Germany. She became renowned through the Paul Lincke song 'Ich bin die Frau, von der man spricht' (I am the woman they're talking about). At the beginning of the 1930s, she played supporting roles next to stars such as Heinz Rühmann, Hans Albers and her husband Max Hansen, whom she divorced in 1938.

She died on 8 April 1945 in an air raid in Vienna, Austria,^[5] a month before the end of World War II.^[6]^[7] Her memorial can be found in Friedhof Hadersdorf-Weidlingau, Hadersdorf-Weidlingau, Penzing, Vienna.

Filmography

1931: The Spanish Fly
1932: Strafsache van Geldern (Case Van Geldern)
1932: Love at First Sight
1933: Laughing Heirs - with Heinz Rühmann
1934: Peer Gynt - with Hans Albers
1936: Shipwrecked Max
1939: Bel Ami - with Willi Forst
1940: Traummusik - with Benjamino Gigli
1940: Casanova heiratet
1940: Ritorno (Musica di sogno)
1941: Frau Luna [de] (Mistress Moon)
1941: Everything for Gloria
1942: A Night in Venice
1943: Ein Walzer mit Dir
1943: Liebeskomödie
1944: Es lebe die Liebe - with Johannes Heesters
1945: A Man Like Maximilian

References

^ Walsh, Mike. Heroes of the Reich, chap. 3. Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Press, 2017.
^ von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History, p. 84. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005.
^ Lizzi Waldmüller and Bel Ami, in film schedules. San Bernardino: The San Bernardino County Sun, February 5, 1972, p. 7.
^ "Operetta diva Lizzi Waldmüller". Vienna, Austria: Wiener Zeitung, May 13, 2004.
^ Walsh, Heroes of the Reich.
^ "Lizzi Waldmüller". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
^ "Informationen zur ausgewählten Person/Gruppe" (in German). Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved 2009-04-09.