Sophie Müller was a German

Germans

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 stage actress, one of the most distinguished tragedians of her day.

Biography

She was a daughter of Mannheimer Hoftheater actor Karl Müller (1783-1837) and the singer Marie Boudet. At three years old, she was appearing on the stage, and at five she appeared as Hännschen in August von Kotzebue

August von Kotzebue

August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue was a German dramatist.One of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival in 1817. He was murdered in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the Burschenschaften...

’s Erbschaft. In 1816, her talent was noticed by Johanna Schopenhauer

Johanna Schopenhauer

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, and she appeared on the Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

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 stage in her 15th year. In 1821 she went to Munich

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, and in 1822 she appeared in Brunswick

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.

Though her appearance in Brunswick was unsuccessful, she was engaged at the court theatre of Vienna

Vienna

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 that same year, debuting on 5 August 1822 as Rutland in Essex, which she had performed earlier in Mannheim to much applause. She also became reader to the empress of Austria.

Her most notable roles were Chrimhild (Raupach’s Nibelungen), Lady Milfort (Shiller

Friedrich Schiller

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's Kabale und Liebe), Rosaura (Leben ein Traum), Ophelia, Preciosa, Semiramis (Raupach’s Tochter der Luft), Portia, Zaire, Hedwig and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

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). After her death, a portrait of her as Princess Eboli was hung in the court theater's hall of outstanding performers. Her biography, by Mailath, was published at Vienna in 1832.