Helene Thimig was the daughter of actor Hugo Thimig, who was
director of the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1912 until 1918.
After she visited a girls' school in Vienna she was taught acting
by her father and by Hedwig Bleibtreu.
After gaining
some experience in Vienna, she worked at Meiningen for a few
years. In 1914 she was employed by Max Reinhardt at the Königliche
Schauspielhaus (Royal Theatre) in Berlin. Between 1916 and 1918
she was married to the actor Paul Kalbeck. From 1917 until 1933
she was engaged at the Deutschen Theater in Berlin. After the
nazi's came to power in 1933 she moved to Austria, where she
worked at the Theater in der Jozefstadt (in Vienna), which was
also managed my Max Reinhardt. She married Reinhardt in 1935.
In 1937 they emigrated to the USA, where they founded an acting
school.
After Reinhardt died in 1943 Helene Thimig
stayed in the USA. Apart from her work as a teacher she played
several small parts in movies. In 1946 she returned to Europe,
where she was a director at the Festspiele in Salzburg. She
also returned to the Burgtheater and the Theater in der Josefstadt.
From 1948 until 1959 she was the manager of the Max Reinhardt
Seminar. She was also a professor at the Akademie für Musik
und darstellende Kunst (Academy for Music and Performing Arts)
in Vienna. Her third husband was the actor Anton Edthofer.
Family
• Father: Thimig, Hugo
• Husband: Reinhardt, Max
• Brother: Thimig, Hermann
Related persons
• was pupil to Bleibtreu, Hedwig
• was pupil to Thimig, Hugo
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Sources
• Helene Thimig
• Portrait of the actress Helene Thimig by Thomas Staedeli
• Wurm, Ernst, Helene Thimig, Österreichischer BundesverlagÖsterreich, Wien, 1969
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