!!!Degischer, Vilma

b. Vienna, Nov. 17, 1911, 
d. Baden (Lower Austria), May 3, 1992. Actress, Kammerschauspielerin, 
wife of Hermann  Thimig. After engagements at the Reinhardt-Buehnen in 
Berlin and Vienna and performances at the Salzburg Festival 
(1935-1939), D. performed at the Volkstheater in Vienna; from 1939 a 
member of the company at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna 
(acting in social comedies, classical and modern plays, often 
epitomizing the "society lady"). Received numerous awards, including 
the Kainz Medal from the City of Vienna; D. was the first actress to 
be awarded the honorary title of Kammerschauspielerin without having 
performed at the Vienna Burgtheater; also worked in film and 
television.

!Literature
H. Moeckli, Das Theater in der Josefstadt 1945-1955 und 
das Lebenswerk V. D. 1911-1922, master´s thesis, Vienna 
1996.



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