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Fritz Muliar
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Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand (December 12, - May 4, ), was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as Volksschauspieler.
He is best remembered beyond the boundaries of his native Vienna for playing the title role in the part TV series, Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk.
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Born in Neubau, Vienna as the stepson of a jeweller, Muliar became a cabaret artist in the late s. After serving in the Second World War, he was imprisoned by the Nazis in and spent seven months in solitary confinement for Betätigung zur Wiederherstellung eines freien Österreich (activities to restore Austrian independence—seeAnschluss).
After the war, Muliar started his career as a stage actor. Of small build, he once said that his ambitions have never included playing parts such as that of Othello. Rather, he has always preferred comic roles and traditional Austrian fare (Johann Nestroy, Ferdinand Raimund).
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Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand (December 12, – May 4, ), was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as Volksschauspieler. Born in Neubau, Vienna as the stepson of a jeweller, Muliar became a cabaret artist in the late s.Muliar has also excelled in imitating various accents, in particular those used by Czech and Yiddish speakers of German. In , he had enormous success in Felix Mitterer's play for one person, Siberia (televised in ), a study in ageism about an old man who has been abandoned by his family in a retirement home and his struggle for dignity.
While he also performed regularly at the Salzburg Festival (Jedermann, a version of Everyman), Muliar has been associated with two Viennese theatres in particular: the Burgtheater (whose tenured member he was until his retirement), and the Theater in der Josefstadt, where he worked until his death in He was one of the severest critics of Claus Peymann (born ), director of the Burgtheater between and whose leadership polarized Austrian theatregoers by its focus on controversial playwrights such as Thomas Bernhard and Elfriede Jelinek.
Musical theatre has seen Muliar in the non-singing role of Frosch in Die Fledermaus.
Muliar fritz biography for kids Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand (December 12, – May 4, ), was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as Volksschauspieler. Born in Neubau, Vienna as the stepson of a jeweller, Muliar became a cabaret artist in the late s.At Theater in der Josefstadt, Muliar was perhaps best known for the role of Mr. Green in Jeff Baron's Visiting Mr. Green (Besuch bei Mr Green). Muliar, Michael Dangl the theater and Jeff Baron were awarded the Kulturpreis Europa for this production, which ran for several seasons and was nationally telecast.
Muliar appeared in numerous films and in some television series such as Kir Royal (alongside Franz Xaver Kroetz) and Kommissar Rex.
He is best remembered beyond the boundaries of his native Vienna for playing the title role in the part TV series, Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk, which was filmed in German and broadcast by the Austrian state TV (ORF) in
Muliar was a committed Social Democrat who has publicly supported various Austrian Social Democratic politicians during their election campaigns.
Biography for kids amelia earhart Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand, was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as Volksschauspieler. Born in Neubau, Vienna as the stepson of a jeweller, Muliar became a cabaret artist in the late s. He was a Boy Scout in his youth.He was married from to Franziska Kalmar, Austria's first television presenter. The couple has two sons, Alexander (born ) and Martin (born ). His son by an earlier marriage, Hans, died in Fritz Muliar and his wife lived in Groß-Enzersdorf, in the Lobau area, near Vienna. In January he was elected for the position of a public advisor in the Austrian state TV (ORF).
He died in Vienna, aged
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