Waltraut Haas (born 9 June 1927) is an
Austrian actress and singer.[1]
Born in
Vienna, Haas grew up at
Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a
restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in
Linz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved fame and recognition already through her first movie, the
cult classicDer Hofrat Geiger (
1947), in which she played Mariandl, the illegitimate daughter of a woman who runs an
inn in the picturesque
Wachau valley. In
1961, Haas would play Mariandl's single mother in a
remake entitled Mariandl. Her other famous movie role was that of Josepha Vogelhuber in the 1960 film The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rößl) opposite
Peter Alexander. After 60 movies, mainly comedies and musicals, she stopped making films around 1970. Since then, she has also appeared on television.
From 1966 until his death in 2011, Waltraut Haas was married to actor
Erwin Strahl, with whom she frequently performed both on the stage and in films. Their son
Marcus Strahl is an actor and director.
Waltraut Haas (born 9 June 1927) is an
Austrian actress and singer.[1]
Born in
Vienna, Haas grew up at
Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a
restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in
Linz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved fame and recognition already through her first movie, the
cult classicDer Hofrat Geiger (
1947), in which she played Mariandl, the illegitimate daughter of a woman who runs an
inn in the picturesque
Wachau valley. In
1961, Haas would play Mariandl's single mother in a
remake entitled Mariandl. Her other famous movie role was that of Josepha Vogelhuber in the 1960 film The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rößl) opposite
Peter Alexander. After 60 movies, mainly comedies and musicals, she stopped making films around 1970. Since then, she has also appeared on television.
From 1966 until his death in 2011, Waltraut Haas was married to actor
Erwin Strahl, with whom she frequently performed both on the stage and in films. Their son
Marcus Strahl is an actor and director.