ACTOR

Helene Weigel

1900 - 1971

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Helene Weigel (German: [heˈleːnə ˈvaɪɡl̩] ; 12 May 1900 – 6 May 1971) was an Austrian actress and artistic director. She was the second and last wife of Bertolt Brecht until his death in 1956; together they had two children. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helene Weigel is the 1,221st most popular actor (down from 1,011th in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from Austria (down from 347th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Helene Weigel ranks 1,221 out of 13,578Before her are Craig T. Nelson, Bridget Fonda, Armand Assante, Liv Tyler, Brigitte Fossey, and Corinne Cléry. After her are Sarah Wayne Callies, Michelle Rodriguez, Claude Brasseur, Amjad Khan, Stockard Channing, and Eva Mendes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Helene Weigel ranks 84Before her are William Heinesen, Fritz London, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Karin Boye, Violet Brown, and Joseph Needham. After her are Robert Desnos, Agnes Moorehead, Camille Chamoun, Marc Allégret, Bluma Zeigarnik, and Hassan Fathy. Among people deceased in 1971, Helene Weigel ranks 51Before her are Georgy Dobrovolsky, Diane Arbus, Raoul Hausmann, Van Heflin, Heinz Lammerding, and Richard Russell Jr.. After her are Dean Acheson, Carlos P. Garcia, Edie Sedgwick, Ub Iwerks, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, and Philippe Thys.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Helene Weigel ranks 378 out of 1,424Before her are Hermann Bahr (1863), Constanze Manziarly (1920), Helmuth Koinigg (1948), Franz Sacher (1816), Alois Hudal (1885), and Otto Gross (1877). After her are Franz Jägerstätter (1907), Johannes Schober (1874), Vicki Baum (1888), Willi Boskovsky (1909), Otto Barić (1933), and Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918).

Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Helene Weigel ranks 13Before her are Maria Schell (1926), Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Katharina Schratt (1853), Oskar Werner (1922), Martin Weinek (1964), and Senta Berger (1941). After her are Christine Kaufmann (1945), Mizzi Kaspar (1864), Lotte Lenya (1898), Marisa Mell (1939), Oscar Homolka (1898), and Wolf Albach-Retty (1906).