Herta Staal
Actor
- Born
- March 29, 1930 · Vienna, Austria
- Died
- October 2, 2021 (age 91)
Herta Staal (born Herta Staly, March 29, 1930, in Vienna, Austria – died October 2, 2021, in Munich, Germany) was an Austrian stage and film actress.
She received formal training in dance at the Vienna State Opera and later studied acting at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts and the Vienna Conservatory. In 1948, she made her stage debut at the Vienna City Theatre in the operetta Frühling im Prater by Robert Stolz. Early engagements followed at the Bürgertheater, the Graz State Theatre, and later at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg.
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Staal achieved major success in the 1950s as a film actress, appearing frequently in Heimat films, musical comedies, and light entertainment, often in leading or prominent supporting roles. One of her best-known performances was the title role in Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald (1956). Alongside her film career, she appeared extensively in television productions.
From the 1960s onward, her work shifted increasingly toward television. She retired from acting in 1993 and lived a private life in Munich, where she passed away at the age of 91.
Known for
Zwei Herzen und ein Thron
September 29, 1955
Das Bad auf der Tenne
January 20, 1956
Die Winzerin von Langenlois
March 28, 1957
Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald
September 14, 1956
Schön ist die Welt
October 2, 1957
My Sister and I
July 15, 1954
Meine Tochter und ich
August 16, 1963
Die Försterbuben
November 17, 1955
Das tanzende Herz
October 22, 1953
Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett
January 31, 1957
Die tolle Lola
January 29, 1954
Adventure in the Castle
November 28, 1952
Acting31
- 1975Depressionen as Frau Müller
- 1971No, No Nanette as Lilian
- 1969Ein Walzertraum as Dirigentin Franzi Steingruber
- 1967Umsonst as Emma
- 1967Casinoabend mit Damen
- 1966Italienische Nacht as Leni
- 1964Die beiden Klingsberg as Gräfin Woellwarth
- 1963Meine Tochter und ich as Frau Brenner
- 1961Schau heimwärts, Engel as Mrs. Pert
- 1961Das nasse Leben : Erinnerungen einer Brustschwimmerin