Annemarie Düringer

Annemarie Düringer (26 November 1925 – 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 in Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1953 Grandstand for General Staff Komtesse Julia Kopsch-Grantignan 1953 Christine Elsner 1954 Prisoners of Love Maria, seine Frau 1954 The Eternal Waltz Adele 1955 Secrets of the City Annie Lauer 1955 Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe 1955 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler Hildegard Klee - Sekretärin im OKW 1955 Sergeant Borck Erna Lucht 1956 Before Sundown Inken Peters 1957 The Devil Strikes at Night Helga Hornung 1957 Count Five and Die Rolande Hertog 1958 The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet Annelie vom Berghof 1959 SOS Gletscherpilot Monica 1960 Anne Bäbi Jowäger - I. Teil: Wie Jakobli zu einer Frau kommt Sophie 1961 The Liar Annemarie Karsten 1962 Anne Bäbi Jowäger - II. Teil: Jakobli und Meyeli Sophie 1970 Dällebach Kari Frau Jenny, Wirtin 1972 Der Fall Frl. Gretz 1974 Perahim - die zweite Chance 1976 Shadow of Angels Luise Müller 1977 The Lacemaker Pomme's mother 1980 Berlin Alexanderplatz Cilly 4 episodes1982 Veronika Voss Dr. Marianne Katz 2002 Gebürtig Amalie Katz 2006 Klimt Klimt's Mother 2006 Late Bloomers Frieda Eggenschwyler 2009 Vision Äbtissin Tengwich 2013 Louise (final film role)

Honours and awards

National Film Award for "Night, when the Devil came" (Best Supporting Actress, 1958) Actress nomination for chamber (1963) Hans-Reinhart-Ring (1974) Kainz Medal (1977) Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1977) Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1985) Honorary Gold Medal of Vienna Alma-Seidler-Ring (2000) Doyenne of the Burgtheater (2001) Gold Medal of Honour for Services to the City of Vienna (2005)