Vilma Degischer

{{Infobox person

| image = Vilma Degischer (1927).jpg

| caption = Vilma Degischer in 1927

| name = Vilma Degischer

| birth_date = 17 November 1911

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|5|3|1911|11|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Baden bei Wien, Austria

| othername =

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = Hermann Thimig

| years active = 1931-1991

}}

Vilma Degischer (17 November 1911 - 3 May 1992) was an Austrian theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1931 to 1991. From 1931 to 1991 she played at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.{{cite web |url=http://www.josefstadt.org/Theater/Ensemble/Hall_of_Fame/vilmadegischer.html?type=Unvergessene%20Stars%20der%20Josefstadt&hallOfFame=true |title=Vilma Degischer |website=www.josefstadt.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026185005/http://www.josefstadt.org/Theater/Ensemble/Hall_of_Fame/vilmadegischer.html?type=Unvergessene%20Stars%20der%20Josefstadt&hallOfFame=true |archive-date=2007-10-26}}

Early life

After she attended school she had originally wanted to be a dancer, and had been taught by Gertrud Bodenwieser. Only then did she discover she had a talent for acting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214748/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title = Vilma Degischer|website = IMDb}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1931 \|Die große Liebe \| \|
1948 \|The Other Life \|Suzette Alberti \|
1949 \| Dear Friend \|Susanne Berger, Sekretärin \|
1951 \| Gateway to Peace \|Elisabeth Dressler \|
1954 \|{{ill\|Der Komödiant von Wien\|de}} \|Katharina Schratt \|
1955 \|Sissi \|rowspan="2"\|Princess Sophie of Bavaria \|
1956 \|Sissi – The Young Empress \|
rowspan="2" \|1957 \|...und die Liebe lacht dazu \|Besitzerin des Schloßhotels \|
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress \|Princess Sophie of Bavaria \|
1958 \|{{Ill\|Embezzled Heaven\|de\|3=Der veruntreute Himmel}} \|Livia Argan \|
rowspan="3" \|1963 \| Is Geraldine an Angel? \|Tante Klara \|
The Cardinal \|Sister Wilhelmina \|
The Waltz King \|Mama Strauss \|
1965 \|Uncle Tom's Cabin \|Mrs. Shelby \|
1988 \|Trostgasse 7 - eine Kindheit in Wien 1934-1938 \|Großmutter Wirth \|
1991 \|The Strauss Dynasty \|Old dancer \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1931

|Die große Liebe

1948

|The Other Life

|Suzette Alberti

1949