Biography
Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967. Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and director of the Vienna Burgtheater. His siblings Helene Thimig and Hans Thimig, with whom he trained at the theater and worked together several times in films, were accomplished actors.
During his early days in elementary school and high school in Vienna, and in various land reform schools, Thimig performed with amateur theater groups and private performances. After military service as a one-year volunteer in Vienna he made his debut in December 1910 at the Meiningen Court Theatre and remained there until his contract was disrupted in 1914 by the outbreak of the First World War.
In 1915 due to severe Furunculosis, (boils), was declared unfit for front.
While on duty he used his home leave to the Royal Theater in Berlin to make guest appearances and played first at the Volksbühne. A change to the Max Reinhardt's ensemble at the Deutsches Theater was the breakthrough for Thimig 1916. In the same year he made his debut in the film The Countess Heyers and was co-star of Ossi Oswalda and Henny Porten. In 1918 he directed for the first time at the Theatre of the West in Berlin. He starred in three films of Ernst Lubitsch, including the 1921 The Wild Cat.
With the advent of sound film, Thimig turned away from the stage and worked mainly in film operettas and comedies. In the mid-1930s he primarily held roles of older. After the Anschluss of Austria, he was a 1938 State Actors nominee.
In the final stages of World War II, Adolf Hitler himself declared in the Gottbegnadeten list of the most important artists, that Thimig was a national treasure making him, even on the home front, freed from the war effort.
In 1965 he was made an honorary member of the Burgtheater and 1969 he received the Film Award for many years of excellent work in the German film. In 1981 he was awarded the Honorary Ring of the City of Vienna.
Thimig had three children. His first, a daughter, from his marriage to actress Hanna (Guy) Thimig. From his second marriage to actress Vilma Degischer (1911-1992) he also had two daughters.
Hermann Thimig rests in an honorary dedicated grave in the cemetery Sieveringer (Dept. 2, Group 13, Number 76) in Vienna. His second wife, Vilma Degischer, was buried with him ten years later.
Filmography
all 85
Movies 84
self 3
TV Shows 1
Die Puppe (1990)
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt (1973)
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele (1970)
Der fidele Bauer (1962)
Frau Irene Besser (1961)
Das weite Land (1960)
Eine Reise ins Glück (1958)
Die Magd von Heiligenblut (1956)
Ewiger Walzer (1954)
Eine Nacht in Venedig (1953)
Adventure in the Castle (1952)
Das unmögliche Mädchen (1951)
Der Fünfminutenvater (1951)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
Mysterious Shadows (1949)
Praterbuben (1948)
The Trial (1948)
Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht (1945)
Ein Blick zurück (1944)
Die goldene Fessel (1944)
Liebesbriefe (1944)
Johann (1943)
Die kluge Marianne (1943)
12 Minuten UFA (1943)
Brüderlein fein (1942)
Marguerite : 3 (1939)
Die Austernlilli (1937)
The Mysterious Mister X (1936)
The White Horse Inn (1935)
Tanzmusik (1935)
Die törichte Jungfrau (1935)
Peter, Paul and Nanette (1935)
Die Fahrt in die Jugend (1935)
Heaven on Earth (1935)
Der Herr ohne Wohnung (1934)
Liebe dumme Mama (1934)
Carnival of Love (1934)
Csibi, der Fratz (1934)
Victor and Victoria (1933)
A Trip to the Country (1933)
Kleiner Mann – was nun? (1933)
Marion, das gehört sich nicht (1933)
Eine Stadt steht kopf (1933)
Glück über Nacht (1933)
The Blue from the Sky (1932)
Kiki (1932)
My Friend the Millionaire (1932)
Mädchen zum Heiraten (1932)
A Night in Paradise (1932)
A Little Love for You (1932)
Zwei himmelblaue Augen (1932)
My Leopold (1931)
The Office Manager (1931)
The Little Escapade (1931)
The Threepenny Opera (1931)
When the Soldiers (1931)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
Private Secretary (1931)
The Immortal Vagabond (1930)
Napoleon at St. Helena (1929)
Madame wagt einen Seitensprung (1927)
Die Familie ohne Moral (1927)
The Lost Shoe (1923)
Alles für Geld (1923)
Das Weib auf dem Panther (1923)
Die Flamme (1923)
She and the Three (1922)
Das Mädel mit der Maske (1922)
Bardame (1922)
Der Fluch des Schweigens (1922)
Kleider machen Leute (1921)
Das Abenteuer des Dr. Kircheisen (1921)
Die Brüder Karamasoff (1921)
The Wildcat (1921)
My Life as a Night Editor (1921)
Die goldene Krone (1920)
The Doll (1919)
Freie Liebe (1919)
Das törichte Herz (1919)
Moral und Sinnlichkeit (1919)
Her Sport (1919)
Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier (1918)
Auf Probe gestellt (1918)
Ossis Tagebuch (1917)
Des Prokurators Tochter (1917)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1890-10-03
Deathday1982-07-07 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
RelationshipsVilma Degischer (1939-01-01 - 1982-07-07)
ChildrenJohanna Thimig
FatherHugo Thimig
SiblingsHans Thimig, Helene Thimig
CitizenshipsAustria
Also Known AsHermann Friedrich August Thimig
AwardsRing of Honour of the City of Vienna, Staatsschauspieler
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