Fritzi Scheff

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Fritzi Scheff
Fritzi Scheff in 1913
Born	August 30, 1879 (1879-08-30) Vienna, Austria
Died	April 8, 1954 (aged 74)
Occupation	Stage, film, television actress
Spouse(s)	Baron Fritz von Bardeleben, John Fox, Jr., John Anderson

Fritzi Scheff (August 30, 1879 – April 8, 1954) was an American actress and vocalist.

[edit] Biography

Born in Vienna, Austria, she studied at Hoch's Conservatoire at Frankfort and made her début at Munich in the title röle of Martha (1898). In 1901 she first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, singing parts in La Bohème, Die Meistersinger, Die Walküre, and Don Giovanni. She sang in the opera Babette at Washington and New York (1903), had an immense success as Fifi in Mlle. Modiste (1905-1908) and 1913) and appeared also in The Prima Donna (1908), The Mikado (1910), The Duchess (1911), and The Love Wager (1912). Later she sang in vaudeville. She married, first, Baron Fritz von Bardeleben, then John Fox, Jr., and, in 1912, John Anderson, an actor.

[edit] Sources

• Sadie, S. (ed.) (1980) The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, [vol. # 16].
• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• Fritzi Scheff at the Internet Movie Database
• Fritzi Scheff at the Internet Broadway Database