Hertha Feiler

Hertha Feiler ( born August 3, 1916 in Vienna, † November 1, 1970 in Munich) was an Austrian actress.

Biography

The daughter of a Oberbaurat attended the grammar school until graduation. Your goal is to become a pianist, she gave up because of tendonitis and instead took acting lessons.

Hertha Feiler made ​​his debut in 1936 at the Vienna Scala and was already a year later made ​​her film debut in favorite of sailors. Since then, she represented the type of patents young woman.

During the filming to Lauter Lies (1938 ) she fell in love Heinz Rühmann, the director of the film. The two married on July 1, 1939. Their son Peter Riihmann was born on 7 June 1942.

According to the Nuremberg race laws was Hertha Feiler as " Jewish quarters ". The couple Riihmann enjoyed a good publicity that could protect them from racist attacks. Both actors worked with a special permit. On one hand, this special permit could be withdrawn at any time, on the other hand, they talked social contacts with the authorities responsible for the film industry minister Joseph Goebbels - this also in terms of a balancing act.

After the war, Hertha involved in Rühmanns production company Comedia. After their bankruptcy also stagnated their own careers. She entered this period increased at the theater on until they again received film roles from the mid- 1950s.

After her last movie The Duck rings at half past eight ( 1968), the 33rd of her career, she could not accept more movie offers for cancer.

Hertha Feiler was buried in the Woodland Cemetery Grünwald near Munich.

Filmography

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