Mathilde Danegger
Austrian actress (1903–1988)
Mathilde Danegger (née Mathilde Deutsch; 2 August 1903 – 27 July 1988) was an Austrian stage and movie actress. Sources may also identify her by the pseudonym, Mathilde Leusch; Leusch is apparently a variant of her second husband's surname (Lesch).
Life
Mathilde Danegger was born and attended school in Vienna. Her father was an Austrian character actor and stage producer Josef Danegger (real name, Joseph Deutsch: 1865–1933) who later took over as director of the City Theatre in Zürich. Her mother, Bertha Danegger (real name Bertha Deutsch; known professionally by her maiden name Bertha Müller, she was an Austrian actress of stage and silent film.
Like her elder brothers, Josef Danegger (1889–1948) and Theodor Danegger (1891–1959), she decided on a stage career early in life. She started her performing with children's roles, making her debut in 1912 at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin, with a further youthful appearance there in 1914.
She would continue to return to the Berlin stage throughout her career, but by 1919 she was, with her parents, based in Zürich. In 1919–1920 she had engagements at the City Theatre in Vienna. From 1921 to 1924, she was working, primarily, at the Popular Theatre in Vienna, and, between 1924 and 1928, at the Theater in der Josefstadt.
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