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Elfi von Dassanowsky

Elfi von Dassanowsky

Actor, Producer, Music Department

Born February 2, 1924 in Vienna, Austria

Died October 2, 2007

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A musical prodigy, von Dassanowsky was the youngest female to gain admission to Vienna's Academy (now University) of Music and Performing Arts to be trained as an opera singer and concert pianist. Already a noted performer as a student, she taught Curd Jürgens piano for one of his first major roles in Wen die Götter lieben (1942). Offered a star film contract by UFA Berlin, she declined it and association with the Nazi party. Her rise to opera stardom after her debut in 1946 was followed by solo concerts for the Allied High Command, concert tours through Central Europe, performances as stage and film actress, work as announcer and performer for Forces Broadcasting and the BBC, and her creation of theatrical groups in Vienna. In 1946, she co-founded Belvedere Film in Vienna with director Emmerich Hanus and producer August Diglas. As one of the few women in cinema history to create a film studio, von Dassanowsky was instrumental in the postwar rebirth of Austrian film and is today regarded as a female cinema pioneer. Among her studio's discoveries were European leading lady Nadja Tiller, comic actor Gunther Philipp and future international star Oskar Werner. In 1951 she became an administrator of Phoebus International Films in Hamburg and the first female casting director in postwar Germany. In Hollywood from 1962, she gave master classes in voice and piano, promoted Austrian culture and cinema in the U.S. and was a renowned vocal trainer, particularly for actors in productions by Otto Preminger. She became a charter member of the Austrian American Film Association in 1997 and reestablished Belvedere Film in Los Angeles and Vienna in 1999. The cultural foundation she planned before her death in 2007 was established in 2009 as a fund for non-profit arts and educational organizations. It also sponsors The Elfi von Dassanowsky Prize, a jury award for female filmmakers presented annually by the Vienna Independent Shorts Festival (VIS).

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Filmography

Actor

7

Type

Year

Willkommen Österreich TV Series1995Self

Österreicher in Hollywood Poster

Österreicher in Hollywood Documentary1994Self

1. April 2000 Poster

1. April 2000 Feature Film1952Actress

Walzer von Strauss Documentary1952Self

Kiss Me Casanova Poster

Kiss Me Casanova Feature Film1949Night Club Patron

Der Leberfleck Poster

Der Leberfleck Feature Film1948

Die Glücksmühle Poster

Die Glücksmühle Feature Film1947

Producer

10

Type

Year

Felix Austria! Poster

Felix Austria! Documentary2013

Wilson Chance Poster

Wilson Chance Feature Film2005

Semmelweis Poster

Semmelweis Short Film2001

Dr. Rosin Feature Film1949

Kiss Me Casanova Poster

Kiss Me Casanova Feature Film1949

Der Leberfleck Poster

Der Leberfleck Feature Film1948

Die Glücksmühle Poster

Die Glücksmühle Feature Film1947

Kunstschätze des Klosterneuburger Stiftes Documentary1947

Wer küßt wen? Poster

Wer küßt wen? Feature Film1947

Symphony in Salzburg Documentary1946

Music Department

5

In Harm's Way Poster

In Harm's Way Feature Film1965

The Cardinal Poster

The Cardinal Feature Film1963

The Mozart Story Poster

The Mozart Story Feature Film1948

Frauen sind keine Engel Poster

Frauen sind keine Engel Feature Film1943

Wen die Götter lieben Poster

Wen die Götter lieben Feature Film1942

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1

Seine einzige Liebe Poster

Seine einzige Liebe Feature Film1947

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