Annemarie Düringer (26 November 1925 â€" 26 November 2014) was a
Swiss actress. She was born in Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft.The
daughter of a Swiss industrialist, she graduated from Cours Simon,
Paris in 1946, and from the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna the
following year, in 1947. In 1949 she became a member of the
prestigious Vienna Burgtheater where she played major roles such as
Queen Elisabeth in Schiller's Maria Stuart. She remained in the
ensemble of this theatre until her death. In 2004 she became patron of
the Murau festival Shakespeare in Styria founded by Nicholas Allen and
Rudolph J. Wojta.She received numerous awards, including the
Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria. She died on her
89th birthday at Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria.
Swiss actress. She was born in Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft.The
daughter of a Swiss industrialist, she graduated from Cours Simon,
Paris in 1946, and from the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna the
following year, in 1947. In 1949 she became a member of the
prestigious Vienna Burgtheater where she played major roles such as
Queen Elisabeth in Schiller's Maria Stuart. She remained in the
ensemble of this theatre until her death. In 2004 she became patron of
the Murau festival Shakespeare in Styria founded by Nicholas Allen and
Rudolph J. Wojta.She received numerous awards, including the
Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria. She died on her
89th birthday at Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria.
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