Susi Nicoletti
Susi Nicoletti 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
A Mother's Love - Franzi Pirlinger - 1922Judgement Day - Marianne StrubelOh, diese Männer - LillySommerliebe - IrmaDer zweite Schuß - Irene NeuhausThe Singing House - Fritzi, SekretärinUmwege zu dir Gottes Engel sind überall - Liesl Fischer' - Berthe Paradis
- Pucki HildebrandNothing But Coincidence - Liane ReitmayerKleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee - Anny BirdMein Freund, der nicht nein sagen konnte - Elfi' - Hedy JaconisNo Sin on the Alpine Pastures - Annerl PfundhammerDer alte Sünder - Yvonne FariniEine Frau mit Herz - Hilde StraßmeierEva erbt das Paradies - Daisy JordanHello Porter - SusiVoices of Spring - RosiIdeal Woman Sought - ChérieThe Day Before the Wedding - Frl. Kluge ' - YvonneIrene in Trouble - Vera CirmannGrandstand for General Staff - Frau Rittmeister v. MirkowitschHochzeit auf Reisen - Ly BallaczRoses from the South - Janine RoccaKaisermanöver - Gräfin TranginiSchützenliesel - CorneliaThe Blue Danube - Gräfin EichenfelsMarriage Sanitarium - Amanda DietzeOne Woman Is Not Enough? - Madame ColetteDie Deutschmeister - Comtess NanetteYes, Yes, Love in Tyrol - Barbara TusmaSonnenschein und Wolkenbruch Symphonie in Gold - Mathilde SeidlitzAnd Who Is Kissing Me? - Kitty LindnerLiebe, die den Kopf verliert - Baronin Jasmin von ArnauLügen haben hübsche Beine Ein tolles Hotel - Anna BenderDie Rosel vom Schwarzwald - VeraEin Mann muß nicht immer schön sein - Marla CarlottiUns gefällt die Welt - ResedaThe Beautiful Master - LisaDie liebe Familie - Maria JurancyAugust der Halbstarke - Mimi RumsZwei Herzen voller Seligkeit - Frau von GregoryThe Winemaker of Langenlois - Stefanie Köster, WeinhändlerinConfessions of Felix Krull - Madame HoupfléWie schön, daß es dich gibt - Jeanette Valeur' - BaroninEgon, der Frauenheld The Count of Luxemburg - Caroline, Erbgräfin von LuxemburgEin Amerikaner in Salzburg - Frau Coopers HausdameMan ist nur zweimal jung - Marie-Therese ' - Isabella' - Jenny Dill ' - Leonie von Heymendorf' - MilliHula-Hopp, Conny - Diana HallerImmer die Mädchen - Sportlehrerin Florence HendersonDream Revue - Frau SchmittI'm Marrying the Director - Frau von WittekindCrime Tango - Frau SchleinitzThe Adventures of Count Bobby - Mrs. Evelyn Piper ' - Gräfin von KokowskyMariandl - FranziEin Stern fällt vom Himmel - Katie HeldDie Fledermaus - Baroness MartensThe Turkish Cucumbers - Susanne, seine GattinDas ist die Liebe der Matrosen - Tante AgatheMariandls Heimkehr - FranziSchweik's Awkward Years - Amanda HruschkowitzI Learned It from Father - Dora Bauer - ThereseThe Mimosa Wants to Blossom Too - Emily HopkinsFeuerwerk - MutterTödliche Liebe Das zehnte Jahr - GuestComedian Harmonists - Frau GrunbaumOn the Other Side of the Bridge - Old FannyDecorations and awards