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Vilma Degischer

Vilma Degischer

4 movies on Netflix

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

  1. 1965Uncle Tom's CabinIMDb rating 6.3
  2. 1957Sissi: The Fateful Years of an EmpressIMDb rating 6.6
  3. 1956Sissi: The Young EmpressIMDb rating 6.7
  4. 1955SissiIMDb rating 7.0

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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.

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  • 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
  • Also three films together1 more actor
    • Uta FranzSissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957), Sissi: The Young Empress (1956) and Sissi (1955)

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