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Karl Kneidinger
Born30 August 1882
Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Died14 April 1952 (aged 69)
Vienna, Austria
Other namesCarl Kneidinger
Occupation(s)Actor, theater director
Relatives Lola Urban Kneidinger (sister)
Berta Türk (sister in-law)

Karl Kneidinger (30 August 1882 – 14 April 1952), was an Austrian stage and film actor, and a theater director. [1] [2]

Biography

Karl Kneidinger was born 30 August 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), the son of actress Marie Kneidinger (1857–1908), [3] [4] and actor Rudolf Kneidinger (1862–1935). [5] His sister was actress Lola Urban Kneidinger. [5] His parents had been active in the Raimund Theater, in the Mariahilf district of Vienna. [3] [5] By the time he was a teenager, he was acting in stage productions.

In 1944, Kneidinger was included in the Gottbegnadeten list, a list of artists considered crucial to the culture of Nazi Germany by the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. [1]

Filmography

Stage work

  • Tschun Tschi (14 April 1930–18 September 1930) at Neues Wiener Schauspielhaus, Vienna [9]

References

  1. ^ a b Kellenter, Theodor (2020). Die Gottbegnadeten: Hitlers Liste unersetzbarer Künstler (in German). Arndt. p. 316. ISBN  978-3-88741-290-6.
  2. ^ Glenzdorf, Johann Caspar (1961). Glenzdorfs Internationales Film-Lexikon: biographisches Handbuch für das gesamte Filmwesen ; hrsg. zum 30jährigen Jubiläum des deutschen Tonfilms. 2 Hed - Peis (in German). Prominent-Filmverl. p. 852.
  3. ^ a b "Selbstmord auf dem Friedhofe" [Suicide in the Cemetery]. Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung (in German). 17 August 1908. p. 8 – via ANNO.
  4. ^ "Der Selbstmord der Schauspielerin Marie Kneidinger" [The suicide of actress Marie Kneidinger]. llustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt (in German). August 18, 1908. p. 6 – via ANNO.
  5. ^ a b c "Rudolf Kneidinger gestorben" [Rudolf Kneidinger died]. Die Stunde (in German). January 13, 1935. p. 3 – via ANNO.
  6. ^ Giesen, Rolf (2015-09-11). Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland. p. 209. ISBN  978-1-4766-1269-0.
  7. ^ Rockett, Kevin (1996). The Irish Filmography: Fiction Films, 1896-1996. Red Mountain Media. p. 117. ISBN  978-0-9526698-0-7.
  8. ^ Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 252. ISBN  978-0-292-73458-6.
  9. ^ Leibfried, Philip; Lane, Chei Mi (2015-05-20). Anna May Wong: A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio and Television Work. McFarland. pp. 158–159. ISBN  978-1-4766-0932-4.

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