Christiane Hörbiger

Christiane Hörbiger (13 October 1938 – 30 November 2022) was an Austrian stage, film, and television actress. Her first major film role was Mary Vetsera in Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe in 1955. She appeared on the stage of the Burgtheater as Recha in Lessing's Nathan der Weise in 1959, became a member of Theater Heidelberg and later Schauspielhaus Zürich. From 1969 to 1972, she portrayed Die Buhlschaft in Hofmannsthal's Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival.

She is remembered for roles of strong, self-conscious women who defy adverse circumstances, as television series began to present from the mid-1980s, Hörbiger was the second of the three actress daughters of Austrian actors Attila Hörbiger (1896–1987) and Paula Wessely (1907–2000). Her sisters were and . She was the aunt of German actor Christian Tramitz. She moved to the Theater Heidelberg She played at the Salzburg Festival, together with her mother for the first time, as Lottchen in Raimund's ' in 1961. When she returned to the Burgtheater, again as Recha, she was successful. Hörbiger's only foray into voice acting was the role of Mrs Calloway (the dairy cow) in the German-language version of Disney's Home on the Range.

Personal life

Hörbiger was married to director Wolfgang Glück. Her second husband was the Swiss journalist Rolf R. Bigler; they had a son, Sascha. After Bigler's death in 1978, Gerhard Tötschinger, a director and author, became her partner; he died in 2016. Hörbiger lived mainly in Vienna.

The Major and the Bulls (Der Major und die Stiere, 1955), as Marie
' (1984, TV film), as Judith Lichtenberg
Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (1987–1990, TV series, 41 episodes), as Countess Christine von Guldenburg
I Desire You (Ich begehre dich, 1995, TV film), as Alexandra Meyberg
' (2008, TV film), as Claire Zachanassian — (based on Dürrenmatt's play)
1988: Goldene Kamera
1992: Romy as the most popular actress

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1999: Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the City of Vienna

2001: Adolf Grimme Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Julia – eine außergewöhnliche Frau
2009: Platinum Romy