Susi Nicoletti

Susi Nicoletti (3 September 1918 – 5 June 2005) was a Bavarian-born actress best remembered today for over 100 supporting roles mostly in comedy films. She was born as Susanne Emilie Luise Adele Habersack in Munich, but spent most of her childhood with her parents in Amsterdam. Back in Munich, she made her stage debut at age 13. Two years later she became a ballerina.

In the early 1930s she turned to cabaret. In 1939, she was offered her first film role. In 1940 she moved to Vienna, where she became a member of the Burgtheater. After her retirement in 1992 she continued her stage career at the Theater in der Josefstadt. For decades, Nicoletti taught acting and dance at the prestigious Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. Her husband, Ernst Haeussermann, was a theatre director.

Death

Nicoletti died in Vienna of complications after heart surgery, aged 86. Her son, daughter and grandchildren live in the United States.

Selected filmography

• Ideal Woman Sought (1952)
• Voices of Spring (1952)
• The Day Before the Wedding (1952)
• The Winemaker of Langenlois (1957)

Decorations and awards

• 1977 - Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
• 1978 - Gold Medal of Honour of the capital Vienna
• 1997 - Nestroy Ring
• 2000 - Platinum Romy for lifetime achievement
• 2004 - Undine Award - for your life's work as a young supporter
• 2005 - Gold Medal of the City of Vienna

External links

• Susi Nicoletti at the Internet Movie Database
• Photographs and literature