Waltraut Haas

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Waltraut Haas as poor orphan Annerl in the 1955 movie, Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof

Waltraut Haas (born June 9, 1927) is a popular Austrian stage and film actress and singer.

Born in Vienna, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in Linz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved fame and recognition already through her first movie, the cult classic Der Hofrat Geiger (1947), in which she played Mariandl, the illegitimate daughter of a woman who runs an inn in the picturesque Wachau valley. In 1961, Haas would play Mariandl's single mother in a remake entitled Mariandl. Her other famous movie role was that of Josepha Vogelhuber in the 1960 remake of The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rößl) opposite Peter Alexander. After 60 movies, mainly comedies and musicals, she stopped making films around 1970. Since then, she has also appeared on television.

Since 1966 Waltraut Haas has been married to actor Erwin Strahl, with whom she has been performing both on the stage and in films. The couple has one son, actor and director Marcus Strahl.

Haas lives in Hietzing, Vienna.

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Der Hofrat Geiger (1947)
Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee (Franz Antel, 1949) (opposite Hans Holt)
Hallo Dienstmann (Franz Antel, 1952) (opposite Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser and Annie Rosar)
April 1, 2000 (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952) (a science fiction movie)
William Tell (1953) (in Errol Flynn's unfinished film project [1])
Der Onkel aus Amerika (1953) (with Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla and Grethe Weiser)
Der Zigeunerbaron (1954) (based on the operetta Der Zigeunerbaron by Johann Strauß Sohn)
Das Licht der Liebe (1954) (a family drama starring Paula Wessely)
Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne (1955) (opposite Heinz Rühmann)
Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof (1955) (a Heimatfilm based on the 1870 play Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld by Ludwig Anzengruber [2]; opposite Erich Auer and Attila Hörbiger)
Stimme der Sehnsucht (1956) (starring Rudolf Schock)
Lumpazivagabundus (Franz Antel, 1956) (based on the 1833 play by Johann Nestroy; with Paul Hörbiger, Gunther Philipp and Joachim Fuchsberger)
Der Bettelstudent (1956) (based on the operetta by Karl Millöcker)
Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett (Paul Verhoeven, 1957) (opposite Gerhard Riedmann and Harald Juhnke)
Immer die Radfahrer (1958) (alongside Heinz Erhardt, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Christiane Hörbiger and Mady Rahl)
Der schwarze Blitz (1958) (a Heimatfilm featuring lots of skiing and Toni Sailer, Dietmar Schönherr, Gustav Knuth)
Eine Reise ins Glück (1958) (alongside Rudolf Prack, Oskar Sima and Theo Lingen)

Im weißen Rößl (1960)
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe (Géza von Cziffra, 1961) (with Cornelia Froboess, Johannes Heesters and Senta Berger)
Mariandl (1961) (alongside Cornelia Froboess, Hans Moser, Rudolf Prack, Peter Weck and Susi Nicoletti)
Saison in Salzburg (1961) (opposite Peter Alexander)
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies (1962) (also starring Peter Alexander, Marika Rökk and Gunther Philipp; based on the 1941 operetta by Friedrich Schröder)
Happy End am Wörthersee (1964) (opposite Rudolf Prack and Paul Hörbiger)
Happy End am Wolfgangsee (Franz Antel, 1966) (opposite Erwin Strahl)
Außer Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee (Franz Antel, 1971) (playing again the owner of the White Horse Inn)