Eduard von Winterstein

Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim, commonly referred to as Eduard von Winterstein was an Austrian film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was also a noted theater actor.

Winterstein was born in Vienna onAugust 1871. His predecessors were the Barons of Wangenheim. He took acting lessons from his mother Luise von WangenheimDub, an actress of Hungarian origin who had played at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Winterstein came to Gera in 1889 and acted in theaters along with his mother and sister Clementine, where he had undeservedly forgotten experiences. He acted in the play Ersten Held und Liebhaber in 1893. The same year, he played the title role in Egmont at the opening of a theater in Annaberg onApril 1893. I was reborn in Annaberg and became like a completely different person. In this small town I had really become an actor. So the Anna Berger time was one of the best in my profession. he wrote in his autobiography. At this theater he met the actress Minna Menger, whom he married in 1894. They had a son, Gustav von Wangenheim , who went on to become an actor. The Theater in AnnabergBuchholz is named Eduard von Winterstein Theater160 today.

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