Vilma Degischer
Biography
Vilma Degischer was an Austrian stage and screen actress, born in Vienna in 1911, who began as a ballet student before discovering her talent for acting. She trained at the Wiener Reinhardt Seminar and then performed in theaters across Austria and Germany, with early engagements in Berlin, Vienna, and Salzburg. Her Berlin debut in the 1930s came as Hermia in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Max Reinhardt. In 1939 she joined the Theater in der Josefstadt, where she remained for many years and became known as a salondame in leading roles such as Helen in Der Schwierige and Marie in Das Konzert. She later broadened her range to musicals, films, and mini series, and was especially remembered for playing the cruel Archduchess Sophie in Ernst Marischka's Sissi (1955). She appeared in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965). Her honors included the Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst erster Klasse, the Kainz Medaille, and the title Kamerschauspielerin. She died in 1992.
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 10 years1955 to 1965
Every film, newest first
- 1965Uncle Tom's CabinIMDb rating 6.3
- 1957Sissi: The Fateful Years of an EmpressIMDb rating 6.6
- 1956Sissi: The Young EmpressIMDb rating 6.7
- 1955SissiIMDb rating 7.0
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Vilma Degischer movies on Netflix
Uncle Tom's Cabinas Mrs. Shelby
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empressas Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's mother
Sissi: The Young Empressas Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's mother
Sissias Archduchess Sophie
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Ernst Marischka directed three of these films. Seven actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.






Films together
Romy Schneider3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Romy Schneider's page Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherSchneider as Empress Elisabeth of Austria / Sissi
Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherSchneider as Sissi
Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Degischer as Archduchess SophieSchneider as Sissi
Karlheinz Böhm3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Karlheinz Böhm's page Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherBöhm as Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherBöhm as Kaiser Franz Josef
Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Degischer as Archduchess SophieBöhm as Kaiser Franz Joseph
Erich Nikowitz3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Erich Nikowitz's page Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherNikowitz as Erzherzog Franz-Karl
Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherNikowitz as Erzherzog Franz-Karl
Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Degischer as Archduchess SophieNikowitz as Archduke Franz Karl
Josef Meinrad3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Josef Meinrad's page Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherMeinrad as Oberst Böckl
Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherMeinrad as Major Böckl
Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Degischer as Archduchess SophieMeinrad as Gendarmerie-Major Böckl
Gustav Knuth3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Gustav Knuth's page Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherKnuth as Duke Max of Bavaria
Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherKnuth as Duke Max of Bavaria
Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Degischer as Archduchess SophieKnuth as Duke Max in Bavaria
Magda Schneider3 films together, 1955 to 1957
Magda Schneider's page Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherSchneider as Duchess Ludovika of Bavaria
Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's motherSchneider as Vickie
Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Degischer as Archduchess SophieSchneider as Duchess Ludovika in Bayern / Vickie
Ernst MarischkaDirector, 3 films, 1955 to 1957
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress1957IMDb rating 6.6Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's mother
Sissi: The Young Empress1956IMDb rating 6.7Degischer as Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's mother
Sissi1955IMDb rating 7.0Degischer as Archduchess Sophie
Also three films together1 more actor
- Uta FranzSissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957), Sissi: The Young Empress (1956) and Sissi (1955)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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