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Thimig, HansThimig, Hans, b. Vienna, July 23, 1900, d. Vienna, Feb. 17, 1991, actor, Kammerschauspieler; stage director, youngest son of Hugo Thimig, brother of Hermann Thimig and Helene Thimig-Reinhardt. Character actor with sophisticated humour; 1916 debut at the Vienna Volkstheater; 1918-1924 and 1949-1966 at the Burgtheater, later as guest performer (last 1983), 1980 honorary member; 1924-1933 and 1935-1943 at the Theater in der Josefstadt; from 1923 participated regularly in the Salzburg Festival; 1942-1949 worked as independent actor and director for both theatre and film; 1946 and 1959/60 director of the renowned Reinhardt Seminar (drama school); radio actor ("Radio-Familie", "Besuch am Montag"). Work: Neugierig wie ich bin. Memoiren, 1983. Literature: R. Kern, H. T. und das Theater, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1967; E. Fuhrich-Leisler and G. Prossnitz (eds.), Die Thimigs. Ihr Leben für das Theater, 1977.
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