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Karlheinz Böhm
Austrian-German actor and philanthropist (–)
Karlheinz Böhm | |
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| Born | ()16 March Darmstadt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany |
| Died | 29 May () (aged&#;86) Grödig, Salzburg, Austria |
| Other&#;names | Karl Boehm Carl Boehm |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouses | Elisabeth Zonewa &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Gudula Blau &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Barbara Lass &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Almaz Böhm &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 7; including Katharina |
Karlheinz Böhm (16 March – 29 May ) was a German-born Austrian actor and philanthropist.
He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi film trilogy and internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell.[1] He was the founder of the trust Menschen für Menschen (“Humans for Humans”), which helps people in need in Ethiopia.
He also received honorary Ethiopian citizenship in
Early life
Böhm was born on 16 March in Darmstadt, Germany, the son of Austrian conductor Karl Böhm and German soprano Thea Linhard.[2] He was an only child, and spent his youth in Darmstadt, Hamburg and Dresden.
Karlheinz boehm biography of rory van In , he made his debut as a director with "Elektra" at Staatsoper Stuttgart which was followed by several opera productions. Unternehmen Schlafsack. The actor had appeared in almost four dozen cinema and television films and in countless theater performances. References [ edit ].In Hamburg he attended elementary school at the Kepler-Gymnasium (a grammar school). Faked papers (claiming he had a lung disease)[3] enabled him to emigrate to Switzerland in , just around the beginning of World War II,[4] where he attended the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, a boarding school. In , he moved to Graz with his parents, where he graduated from high school the same year.
He originally intended to become a pianist but received poor feedback when he auditioned. His father urged him to study English and German language and literary studies, followed by studies of history of arts for one semester in Rome after which he quit and returned to Vienna to take acting lessons with Prof. Helmuth Krauss.
Karlheinz boehm biography of rory Im Hause des Kommerzienrates. Der Engel mit der Posaune. Gallery All Pictures If we forget that, we will pay a bitter price.Acting career
From to Böhm acted in about 45 films and also in theatre. With Romy Schneider, he starred in Sissi (), the first of a film trilogy, as Emperor Franz Joseph, with Schneider as his wife, Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The role for a time limited him to one specific genre as an actor, but Böhm's best known English language film was a dramatic change of image.[5] In Peeping Tom () he played the psychopath Mark Lewis.
Director Michael Powell cast him in the role because he felt Böhm might understand the character's experience of having an overbearing father. The film's initial rejection hurt both the actor and Powell, for Powell professionally as well as emotionally, but it is now regarded by some as a classic.[6] One unusual aspect of the casting is that Böhm displayed a significant German accent throughout the movie, though the character had been born and raised in England to, probably, an English father, as played for short bits by Powell without an accent.
Briefly, in the early s, Böhm worked in the American film and television industry.
Karlheinz boehm biography of rory mcilroy Learn more. In , he made his debut as a director with "Elektra" at Staatsoper Stuttgart which was followed by several opera productions. Share page. Thea Linhard.He played Jakob Grimm in the MGM-Cinerama spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Beethoven in the Walt Disney film The Magnificent Rebel&#;[de]. The latter film was made especially for Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color television anthology series, but it was released theatrically in Europe.[7] He appeared in a villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (all ), a remake of the silent Rudolph Valentino film.
During and , Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (Fox and His Friends), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven).
Böhm's voice acting work included narrating his father's recording of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev and in providing the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up.
Charitable work
On the ZDF show Wetten, dass..? in Böhm raised million Deutsche Mark for people in Africa.
He bet that "not every third viewer would donate one Mark, one Swiss franc or seven Austrian schillings for needy people in the Sahel zone".[8] In November , Böhm founded Menschen für Menschen (Humans for Humans) and involved in charitable work in Ethiopia. He largely retired from acting in the s for his project.
Until today, Menschen für Menschen built over schools, fountains and over 5 million people benefit from their work.[9]
Böhm received honorary Ethiopian citizenship in In he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples. In Karlheinz Böhm and his wife Almaz were awarded the Essl Social Prize for the project Menschen für Menschen.[10]
Personal life
Böhm's first wife was Elisabeth Zonewa.
The marriage lasted from to and resulted in the birth of his daughter Sissy. In her autobiography Sissy Böhm would later accuse her by-then-deceased parents of child molestation.[11][12]
Böhm was married from to to Gudula Blau, and next from to to Polish actress Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass. His fourth and last marriage was with Almaz Böhm (born ), a native of Ethiopia in They had two children, Nicolas (born ) and Aida (born ).
Böhm had five more children from previous marriages, among them the actress Katharina Böhm (born ). In February it was reported that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease,[13] he lived in Grödig near Salzburg until his death in May
Filmography
References
- ^"Schauspieler Karlheinz Böhm gestorben".
Retrieved 30 May
- ^Obituary: Karlheinz Böhm, Daily Telegraph, 30 May
- ^Gavin Gaughan "Karlheinz Böhm: Actor best known as the voyeuristic killer Mark Lewis in Michael Powell's controversial masterpiece ‘Peeping Tom’", The Independent, 6 June
- ^Brian Pendreigh "Obituary: Carl Boehm, actor", The Scotsman, 31 May
- ^Paul Vitello "Karlheinz Böhm, Actor-Turned-Humanitarian, Dies at 86", New York Times, 4 June
- ^Emily Langer "Karlheinz Böhm, actor in “Sissi” trilogy and thriller “Peeping Tom,” dies at 86", Washington Post, 31 May
- ^Scott Roxborough "Actor, Philanthropist Karlheinz Bohm Dead at 86", Hollywood Reporter, 30 May
- ^Karlheinz Böhm at Menschen für Menschen
- ^"Startseite".
Menschen für Menschen - Karlheinz Böhms Äthiopienhilfe (in German).
Karlheinz boehm biography of rory and dean He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi film trilogy and internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom , directed by Michael Powell. MusicBrainz FID. Thea Linhard. Breadcrumb Home About Us.Retrieved 12 December
- ^Essl Social Prize an "Menschen für Menschen"Archived 21 July at the Wayback Machine on ORF, 26 March
- ^"Sissy Böhms Familienchronik: "Im Schatten des Lichts"". Seifert Verlag (in German). Retrieved 11 October
- ^"Sie haben mich missbraucht, geschlagen, prostituiert" (in German).
28 December Retrieved 1 January
- ^Karlheinz-Boehm Die Welt, 19 February