!!!Wessely, Josephine

b. Vienna, March 8, 1860, 
d. Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (then Karlsbad), Aug. 12, 1887, 
actress; aunt of Paula  Wessely. Acted in Leipzig in 1876, at the 
Vienna Burgtheater from 1878-1887; played all chief roles as leading 
lady (famous for her Gretchen in "Faust").

!Literature
L. Meiche, Erinnerungen an J. W., 1887.



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