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Liane Haid

Picture Liane Haid
Foto: Alexander Binder (1888-1929)

1895 - 2000

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The actress Liane Haid was the first Austrian movie star in film history. She already appeared in operas and operettas when she was a child. She attracted great attention at the Kaiserhof that she was engaged as a dancing partner of archduke Max.
Her film career began in 1915 with the movie "Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland" (15), it followed "Der Landstreicher" (16), "Der Verschwender" (17), "Der Doppelselbstmord" (18) and "Die Ahnfrau" (19). 
Liane Haid's first husband let build a whole film studio in Vienna especially for her and founded a production company.

In the 20's she rose to one of the most popular actresses. She actec togethter with all great actors of this time and made film history with the movies "Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens" (21), "Lady Hamilton" (21), "Lucrezia Borgia" (22), "Die Brüder Schellenberg" (26) and "Die Czardasfürstin" (27).

Also the transition to the sound film, wich required a completely different acting way, she mastered very well. She was employed by the Ufa as one of the first actresses which appeared in sound movies. Certainly her singing lessons had a favourable effect for this new medium and she was also put into action for roles which had to sing too. Among others she sang the hit "Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier". To her well-known movies of the 30's belong "Das Lied ist aus" (30), "Der unsterbliche Lump" (30), "Grock" (31), "Der Prinz von Arkadien" (32), "Madame wünscht keine Kinder" (33), "Roman einer Nacht" (33) and "Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehen" (36).

Liane Haid wasn't able to work for the film during the wartime, still she refused offers from the USA and intensified her work for the theater.
In 1942 she emigrated to Switzerland and got married with the Swiss doctor Carl Spycher with who she travelled a lot to the tropics.
Liane Haid's name appeared a last time in the cast list for the movie "Die fünf Karnickel/Im Krug zum Grünen Kranze" (53).

She spent her old age together with her son who took care of his mother to the end in his small flat.

Her sister Grit Haid was also a well-known actress, she died in a plance crash in 1938.
 

Other movies with Liane Haid:
Auf der Höhe (16) Sommeridylle (16) Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich (16) Die tragödie auf Schloss Rottersheim (16) Lebenswogen (17) Mir kommt keiner aus/Die schwarze Hand (17) Der Schandfleck (17) Der König amüsiert sich/Rigoletto (18) So fallen die Lose des Lebens (18) Doktur Ruhland (20) Durchs Fenster (20) Eva, die Sünde (20) Freut euch des Lebens (20) Der Herr des Lebens (20) Lasset die Kleinen zu mir kommen (20) Der Leiermann (20) Der tanzende Tod (20) Die Stimme des Gewissens (20) Verschneit (20) Die Filme der Prinzessin Fantoche (21) Die Frau in Weiss (21) Betrüger des Volkes (21) Sein Lebenslicht (21) Geld auf der Strasse (22) Der Pantoffelheld (22) Schlagende Wetter (22) Southern Love/A Woman's Secret (23) Ich liebe Dich (24) Die Insel der Träume/Eine anständige Frau (25) Liebesfeuer (25) Als ich wiederkam (26) Der falsche Erzherzog (26) Der Sohn des Hannibal (26) Im weissen Rössl (26) Der Provinzonkel/Das Nachtleben von Berlin (26) Der letzte Walzer (27) Die Dollarprinzessin und ihre sechs Freier (27) Der goldene Abgrund/Welt und Halbwelt/Rapa Nui (27) Die weisse Sklavin (27) Die Dame in Schwarz (28) Zwei rote Rosen (28) Die Königin seines Herzens/Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (28) Marquis d'Eon , der Spion der Pompadour (28) Der Weiberkrieg (28) Schiff in Not S.O.S. (29) Schwarzwaldmädel (29) Spiel um den Mann (29) Die grosse Sehnsucht (30) Zweimal Hochzeit (30) Madame hat Ausgang (31) Die Männer um Lucie (31) Schatten der Manege (31) Kaiserliebchen (31) Meine Cousine aus Warschau (31) Opernredoute (31) Ich will nicht wissen, wer Du bist (32) Der Diamant des Zaren/Der Orlow (32) Sag' mir, wer Du bist (33) Stern von Valencia (33) Eine Frau wie Du (33) Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin (33) Keine Angst vor Liebe (33) Das Schloss im Süden (33) Polizeiakte 909/Der Fall Tokeramo/Taifun (33) Besuch am Abend (34) Bei der blonden Kathrein (34) Die Fahrt in die Jugend (35) Tanzmusik (35) Whom the Gods Love (36) Peter im Schnee (37) Die unvollkommene Liebe (40)


 
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