Personal Info
Maria Wimmer
Acting
Biography
Maria Wimmer (1911–1996) was a German stage, film, and television actress, trained in the great German-speaking theatrical tradition. A prominent figure of the Austrian and German postwar stage, she was long associated with the Burgtheater in Vienna, where she performed a wide repertoire ranging from classical works to contemporary authors.
On screen, she appeared in several European productions, including the historical miniseries Richelieu, the Velvet Cardinal (1977), in which she portrays Marie de’ Medici across four episodes. Her performance, both restrained and authoritative, suits this …
Filmography
Movies
Kolportage
as Erbgräfin Stjernenhö
Zinngeschrei
as Frau Rubio
Der Kirschgarten
as Gutsbesitzerin Ranjewskaja
Der vierte Platz
as Jadwiga
Die Zimmerwirtin
as Madame Cirqué
Elektra
as Klytaimnestra
Trauer muß Elektra tragen
as Christine
Im Schlaraffenland
as Adelheid Türckheim
A Life for Do
as Vera
The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch
as Frau Sauerbruch
