Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel (5 April 1900 – 24 December 1994) was an Austrian actress who started her career in Germany during the 1920s. Under the Nazi regime she emigrated to the United States, where she appeared on the Broadway and in a few Hollywood movies. She later returned to Germany, where she worked with numerous successful theatres of Berlin, among them Fritz Kortner's Berliner Bühnen. Neumann-Viertel was also a notable character actress in films and television, although she seldom played a leading role there. She retired in the late 1980s after nearly 70 years of acting. Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel was the third wife of film director Berthold Viertel.

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel in Heidi (1968)
Born
Elisabeth Neumann

(1900-04-05)5 April 1900
Died24 December 1994(1994-12-24) (aged 94)
Vienna, Austria
OccupationActress
Years active1921–1988
Spouse
(m. 1949; died 1953)

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