Juliane "Liane" Haid (16 August 1895 â€" 28 November 2000) was an
Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first
movie star.Juliane Haid was born in Vienna on 16 August 1895, the
first child to Georg Haid (1864â€"1951) and Juliane Haid
(1873â€"1939). She had two younger sisters, Grit, who also became an
actress, and Johanna (1903â€"1964).Haid trained both as a dancer and
singer and became the epitome of the Süßes Wiener Mädel ("Sweet
Viennese Girl") and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
Her first motion picture was a propaganda film made during the First
World War, Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland (1916). She worked for
UFA and, as a trained singer, easily made the transition to the sound
era, appearing in comedy films alongside German stars such as Willi
Forst, Bruno Kastner, Georg Alexander, Theo Lingen, and Heinz
Rühmann. Her first husband, Baron Fritz von Haymerle, helped her
found her film company, Micco-Film.
Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first
movie star.Juliane Haid was born in Vienna on 16 August 1895, the
first child to Georg Haid (1864â€"1951) and Juliane Haid
(1873â€"1939). She had two younger sisters, Grit, who also became an
actress, and Johanna (1903â€"1964).Haid trained both as a dancer and
singer and became the epitome of the Süßes Wiener Mädel ("Sweet
Viennese Girl") and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
Her first motion picture was a propaganda film made during the First
World War, Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland (1916). She worked for
UFA and, as a trained singer, easily made the transition to the sound
era, appearing in comedy films alongside German stars such as Willi
Forst, Bruno Kastner, Georg Alexander, Theo Lingen, and Heinz
Rühmann. Her first husband, Baron Fritz von Haymerle, helped her
found her film company, Micco-Film.
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