!!!Krauß, Werner

Krauss, Werner, b. Gestungshausen near Coburg (Germany), June 23, 1884, 
d. Vienna, Oct. 20, 1959, Kammerschauspieler. Outstanding character 
actor endowed with strong expressive power, perfect elocution and an 
almost magic ability to take on different roles. Worked at German 
theatres and at the Vienna Burgtheater (1928/29, member of the company 
1933-1944 and from 1948), parts in silent and sound films ("Das 
Cabinet des Dr. Caligari", 1920; "Burgtheater", 1936; "Praemien auf 
den Tod", 1950); 1940 played up to Nazi propaganda with the film "Jud 
Suess", was imprisoned in 1945 and not allowed to perform again until 
1948. Numerous awards (1954 Iffland Ring, 1959 honorary member of the 
Burgtheater).

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Work: Das Schauspiel meines Lebens, 1958.

!Literature
A. Muehr, Die Welt des Schauspielers W. K., 1927; W. 
Goetz, W. K., 1954; NDB.



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