Herta Staal
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Herta Staal (born Herta Staly, March 29, 1930, in Vienna, Austria – died October 2, 2021, in Munich, Germany) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She received formal training in dance at the Vienna State Opera and later studied acting at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts and the Vienna Conservatory. In 1948, she made her stage debut at the Vienna City Theatre in the operetta Frühling im Prater by Robert Stolz. Early engagements followed at the Bürgertheater, the Graz State Theatre, and later at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg. Staal achieved major success in the 1950s as a film actress, appearing frequently in Heimat films, musical comedies, and light entertainment, often in leading or prominent supporting roles. One of her best-known performances was the title role in Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald (1956). Alongside her film career, she appeared extensively in television productions. From the 1960s onward, her work shifted increasingly toward television. She retired from acting in 1993 and lived a private life in Munich, where she passed away at the age of 91.
Known for
Credits
My Sister and I (1954)
as Irma
Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit (1957)
as Peggy Riva alias Liesel Schmidt
Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald (1956)
as Rosel
Die Winzerin von Langenlois (1957)
as Elisabeth Teky
Die Försterbuben (1955)
as Bianca
Depressionen (1975)
as Frau Müller
Meine Tochter und ich (1963)
as Frau Brenner
Das tanzende Herz (1953)
as Ännchen
Das Bad auf der Tenne (1956)
as Saskia
Schützenliesel (1954)
as Gretl
Schön ist die Welt (1957)
as Gusti Seidl
Zwei Herzen und ein Thron (1955)
as Liesl
Die tolle Lola (1954)
as Lola Cornero
Adventure in the Castle (1952)
as Hansi
Mädchen mit Zukunft (1954)
as Inge Wendler
Umsonst (1967)
as Emma
Die beiden Klingsberg (1964)
as Gräfin Woellwarth
No, No Nanette (1971)
as Lilian
Perichole (1959)
as Straßensängerin Perichole
Das nasse Leben : Erinnerungen einer Brustschwimmerin (1961)
as Mutter
Ein Walzertraum (1969)
as Dirigentin Franzi Steingruber
Casinoabend mit Damen (1967)
Actor
Back in the Country (1936)
as Lina
La Brige und das Gesetz (1955)
Actor
Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett (1957)
as Elli Hasch
Italienische Nacht (1966)
as Leni
Schau heimwärts, Engel (1961)
as Mrs. Pert
Die schöne Lügnerin (1957)
as Jenny
Heimkehr des Helden (1955)
as Lily Green, ihre Tochter
Die Ratten (1959)
as Alice Rüttersbusch
The Charming Young Lady (1953)
as Annette