Axel von Ambesser

Axel von Ambesser
Born 22 June 1910
Hamburg
Germany
Died 6 September 1988
Munich, Germany
Other names Axel Eugen Alexander von Österreich
Occupation Film actor
film director
Years active 19351988

Axel Eugen Alexander von Österreich (22 June 1910 – 6 September 1988), better known as Axel von Ambesser, was a German actor and film director.[1]

Ambesser's father was Alexander Constantin von Oesterreich. Ambesser was born in Hamburg and attended Wilhelm-Gymnasium. He appeared as a stage actor in the Hamburger Kammerspielen, and went on to play in the Stadttheater Augsburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele, from 1937 the Deutsche Theater Berlin, from 1942 the Staatstheater Berlin, and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.[2]

Selected filmography

Actor

Director

References

  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/67086
  2. ^ Walk, Ines. "Axel von Ambesser". Biographie. Film Zeit. http://www.film-zeit.de/Person/789/Axel-von-Ambesser/Biographie/. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 

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