Christl Mardayn
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Christl Mardayn née Anna Christina Mardayn, sometimes Christiane Mardayne (born December 8 1896 in Vienna
, Austria
- died July 24th 1971 ) was an Austrian actress and singer .
In 1920 she made her stage debut in the role of a diseased soubrette in 'The Dead Eyes
' by Eugen d'Albert
. As Christl Mardayn she subsequently received a firm contract to the Vienna Volksoper
. She sang Cherubino in 'Le nozze di Figaro', Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana
, Sieglinde in Die Walküre
and she starred in the title role of Franz von Suppe
's operetta
Die schöne Galathee
about 100 times.
In 1921, the soubrette moved to the aimund Theater and in 1922 went to the Charles Theatre
where she sang in premiere performances of operettas such as 'Die Bajadere
' by Emmerich Kálmán
, The Dragonfly Dance by Franz Lehár
and The Lady in Ermine by Jean Gilbert
. She toured to the Art Theatre in Berlin, the Corso Theatre, Zurich and the State Theatre in Hanover . She played the role of Madame Sans-Gêne
by Victorien Sardou
and Mirandolina
by Bohuslav Martinu
Other guest appearances have taken her to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Sweden.
In the 1930s, Christl Madayn gradually transformed into a theater actress, increasingly in speaking roles. In 1932 she received an engagement at the Theater in der Josefstadt in 1934 and joined the German People's Theatre. She played mainly comedies by George Bernard Shaw and Molière and boulevard plays .
Christl Mardayn married the actor Hans Thimig
in 1929, and appeared with him in film roles. In the film operetta The White Horse Inn
(1936) she played the hostess, and in the French production 'Le drame de Shanghai' with director Georg Wilhelm Pabst
(1938)the actress got a major role as a chorus singer Kay Murphy. The "Anschluss
" in the same year all but ended their hopes of an international film career.
From 1939 to 1943 she was an ensemble member at the Theater in der Josefstadt and the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. Playing there even after the war. but Mardayn Christl, now married to businessman Paul Mühlbacher, played mainly in Vienna's theaters. She only rarely appeared in German-Austrian cinema of the 1950s .
On 18 May 1957 she was awarded the Golden Medal for Merit by the Republic of Austria, On 21 March 1962, she was given the title of Professor. She taught at the Vienna Conservatory, and until her retirement at the Vienna Music Academy. Christl Mardayn died on 24 July 1971 from heart failure.
She received an honorary grave dedicated to her at the Vienna's Central Cemetery (Group 40, Number 28).
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
- died July 24th 1971 ) was an Austrian actress and singer .
Life
Anna Christina Maria Mardayn was the daughter of savings bank official Oskar Maria Mardayn and his wife Henriette 'nee' Fusek. After graduation she studied piano, dance and song at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna.In 1920 she made her stage debut in the role of a diseased soubrette in 'The Dead Eyes
Die toten Augen
Die toten Augen is an opera with a prologue and one act by Eugen d'Albert to a libretto in German by Hanns Heinz Ewers and Marc Henry after Henry's own 1897 play Les yeux morts.-Performance History:Die toten Augen was first performed on 5 March 1916 at...
' by Eugen d'Albert
Eugen d'Albert
Eugen Francis Charles d'Albert was a Scottish-born German pianist and composer.Educated in Britain, d'Albert showed early musical talent and, at the age of seventeen, he won a scholarship to study in Austria...
. As Christl Mardayn she subsequently received a firm contract to the Vienna Volksoper
Vienna Volksoper
The Vienna Volksoper is a major opera house in Vienna, Austria. It gives about three hundred performances of twenty-five productions during an annual season running from September through June....
. She sang Cherubino in 'Le nozze di Figaro', Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana
Cavalleria rusticana
Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on May 17, 1890 at the Teatro...
, Sieglinde in Die Walküre
Die Walküre
Die Walküre , WWV 86B, is the second of the four operas that form the cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen , by Richard Wagner...
and she starred in the title role of Franz von Suppe
Franz von Suppé
Franz von Suppé or Francesco Suppé Demelli was an Austrian composer of light operas who was born in what is now Croatia during the time his father was working in this outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
's operetta
Operetta
Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...
Die schöne Galathee
Die schöne Galathee
Die schöne Galathee is an operetta in two acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by the composer and 'Poly Henrion' ....
about 100 times.
In 1921, the soubrette moved to the aimund Theater and in 1922 went to the Charles Theatre
Charles Theatre
The Charles Theatre, often referred to as simply the Charles, is the oldest movie theatre in Baltimore. The theatre is a Beaux-Arts building designed as a streetcar barn in 1892 by Jackson C. Gott, located in what is now the Station North arts and entertainment district...
where she sang in premiere performances of operettas such as 'Die Bajadere
Die Bajadere (operetta)
Die Bajadere is an operetta in 3 acts composed by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kalman. The libretto was written by J. Brammer and A. Grunwald. The work premiered in Vienna on 23 December 1921...
' by Emmerich Kálmán
Emmerich Kalman
Emmerich Kálmán was a Hungarian-born composer of operettas.- Biography :Kálmán was born Imre Koppstein in Siófok, on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, Hungary in a Jewish family.Kálmán initially intended to become a concert pianist, but because of early-onset arthritis, he focused on composition...
, The Dragonfly Dance by Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár was an Austrian-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow .-Biography:...
and The Lady in Ermine by Jean Gilbert
Jean Gilbert
Jean Gilbert was a German operetta composer and conductor. His real name was Max Winterfeld. He adopted the name of Jean Gilbert for the production of his first operetta in 1901.Gilbert was born in Hamburg...
. She toured to the Art Theatre in Berlin, the Corso Theatre, Zurich and the State Theatre in Hanover . She played the role of Madame Sans-Gêne
Madame Sans-Gêne
Madame Sans-Gêne may refer to:*Marie-Thérèse Figueur , French female soldier*Cathérine Hübscher, wife of Marshal of France François Joseph Lefebvre, whose life has been dramatised in:...
by Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play...
and Mirandolina
Mirandolina
Mirandolina is a comic opera in three acts by Bohuslav Martinů, with a libretto by the composer after Carlo Goldoni's comedy The Mistress of the Inn ....
by Bohuslav Martinu
Bohuslav Martinu
Bohuslav Martinů was a prolific Czech composer of modern classical music. He was of Czech and Rumanian ancestry. Martinů wrote six symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. Martinů became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic...
Other guest appearances have taken her to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Sweden.
In the 1930s, Christl Madayn gradually transformed into a theater actress, increasingly in speaking roles. In 1932 she received an engagement at the Theater in der Josefstadt in 1934 and joined the German People's Theatre. She played mainly comedies by George Bernard Shaw and Molière and boulevard plays .
Christl Mardayn married the actor Hans Thimig
Thimig
Thimig is a German surname, principally associated with an Austrian theatrical family:* Hans Emil Thimig , son of Hugo Thimig, Austrian stage and film actor* Helene Thimig, daughter of Hugo Thimig, wife of Max Reinhardt...
in 1929, and appeared with him in film roles. In the film operetta The White Horse Inn
The White Horse Inn
Im weißen Rößl is an operetta or musical comedy set in the picturesque Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria. It is about the head waiter of the White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang who is desperately in love with the owner of the inn, a resolute young woman who at first only has eyes for one of her...
(1936) she played the hostess, and in the French production 'Le drame de Shanghai' with director Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
(1938)the actress got a major role as a chorus singer Kay Murphy. The "Anschluss
Anschluss
The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
" in the same year all but ended their hopes of an international film career.
From 1939 to 1943 she was an ensemble member at the Theater in der Josefstadt and the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. Playing there even after the war. but Mardayn Christl, now married to businessman Paul Mühlbacher, played mainly in Vienna's theaters. She only rarely appeared in German-Austrian cinema of the 1950s .
On 18 May 1957 she was awarded the Golden Medal for Merit by the Republic of Austria, On 21 March 1962, she was given the title of Professor. She taught at the Vienna Conservatory, and until her retirement at the Vienna Music Academy. Christl Mardayn died on 24 July 1971 from heart failure.
She received an honorary grave dedicated to her at the Vienna's Central Cemetery (Group 40, Number 28).
Filmography
- 1931: Der Stolz der 3. Kompagnie
- 1934: Der junge Baron Neuhaus
- 1935: … nur ein Komödiant
- 1935: Im weißen RößlThe White Horse InnIm weißen Rößl is an operetta or musical comedy set in the picturesque Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria. It is about the head waiter of the White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang who is desperately in love with the owner of the inn, a resolute young woman who at first only has eyes for one of her...
- 1936: Romanze / Die Frau des anderen
- 1938: Le drame de ShanghaiThe Shanghai DramaThe Shanghai Drama is a 1938 French drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.-Cast:* Raymond Rouleau - Franchon* Louis Jouvet - Ivan* Christl Mardayn - Kay Murphy, cabaret singer * Elina Labourdette - Nana, the nurse...
- 1939: Der Florentiner Hut
- 1939: Menschen vom Varieté
- 1940: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
- 1943: Gabriele Dambrone
- 1943: Romantische Brautfahrt
- 1944: Es fing so harmlos an
- 1945: Umwege zu Dir
- 1945: Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht
- 1950: Erzherzog Johanns große Liebe
- 1950: Rausch einer Nacht
- 1951: Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs
- 1952: Frühlingsstimmen
- 1952: Praterherzen / Tingeltangel
- 1953: Der letzte Walzer
- 1954: Der Komödiant von Wien
- 1954: Mädchenjahre einer Königin
- 1955: Ehesanatorium / Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe
- 1955: Bel Ami
- 1957: Immer wenn der Tag beginnt