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Haeusserman, ErnstHaeusserman, Ernst, b. Leipzig (Germany), June 3, 1916, d. Vienna, June 11, 1984, theatre manager, director, film producer; son of the actor Reinhold Häussermann (1884-1947), husband of S. Nicoletti; 1933-1938 member of the Vienna Burgtheater, 1939-1943 assistant to M. Reinhardt in Hollywood, 1945-1949 programme director of the Rot-Weiß-Rot US broadcasting station in Salzburg, 1948-1953 head of the departments of film, theatre and music of the US embassy in Vienna; 1954-1958 with F. Stoß, 1977-1984 exclusive manager of the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna; 1959-1968 director of the Vienna Burgtheater (world tour in 1968); 1961 member of the board of directors at the Salzburg Festival; from 1965 professor at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts; from 1975 (together with M. Prawy) head of the Institute of Cultural Management; numerous awards (1968 honorary member of the Burgtheater). Works: Die Burg. Randhorizont eines Welttheaters, 1963; Im Banne des Burgtheaters, 1966; H. v. Karajan, 1968; Von Sophokles bis Grass, 1969; Das Wiener Burgtheater, 1975; Mein Freund Henry, 1983.
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