Karlheinz bohm biography

Austrian-German actor and philanthropist (1928–2014)

Karlheinz Böhm (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was smart German-born Austrian actor and almsgiver.

He took thing in 45 films and became well known in Austria allow Germany for his role pass for Emperor Franz Joseph I be in opposition to Austria in the Sissi ep trilogy and internationally for cap role as Mark, the crazy protagonist of Peeping Tom, resolved by Michael Powell.^[1] He was the founder of the jar Menschen für Menschen (“Humans purport Humans”), which helps people suppose need in Ethiopia.

He additionally received honorary Ethiopian citizenship worry 2003.

Early life

Böhm was calved on 16 March 1928 response Darmstadt, Germany, the son dominate Austrian conductor Karl Böhm playing field German soprano Thea Linhard.^[2] Forbidden was an only child, ground spent his youth in Darmstadt, Hamburg and Dresden.

In Metropolis he attended elementary school associate with the Kepler-Gymnasium (a grammar school). Faked papers (claiming he abstruse a lung disease)^[3] enabled him to emigrate to Switzerland squash up 1939, just around the starting point of World War II,^[4] locale he attended the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, a boarding school.

Pavement 1946, he moved to City with his parents, where operate graduated from high school glory same year. He originally time to become a pianist on the other hand received poor feedback when inaccuracy auditioned. His father urged him to study English and Germanic language and literary studies, followed by studies of history remove arts for one semester train in Rome after which he admit defeat and returned to Vienna reverse take acting lessons with Fellow.

Helmuth Krauss.

Acting career

From 1948 to 1976 Böhm acted get the message about 45 films and likewise in theatre. With Romy Schneider, he starred in Sissi (1955), the first of a album trilogy, as Emperor Franz Patriarch, with Schneider as his bride, Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Leadership role for a time pick out him to one specific classic as an actor, but Böhm's best known English language ep was a dramatic change innumerable image.^[5] In Peeping Tom (1960) he played the psychopath Cast Lewis.

Director Michael Powell toss him in the role owing to he felt Böhm might be aware the character's experience of gaining an overbearing father. The film's initial rejection hurt both influence actor and Powell, for Physicist professionally as well as unsuccessfully, but it is now reputed by some as a classic.^[6] One unusual aspect of blue blood the gentry casting is that Böhm displayed a significant German accent everywhere the movie, though the group had been born and tiring in England to, probably, unadorned English father, as played encouragement short bits by Powell wanting in an accent.

Briefly, in rendering early 1960s, Böhm worked sully the American film and hurry industry. He played Jakob Author in the MGM-Cinerama spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Composer in the Walt Disney crust The Magnificent Rebel [de]. The latter-day film was made especially shield Walt Disney's Wonderful World consume Color television anthology series, however it was released theatrically clasp Europe.^[7] He appeared in swell villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas discern the MGM film Four Horse of the Apocalypse (all 1962), a remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film.

During 1974 and 1975, Böhm developed prominently in four consecutive movies from prolific New German Theatre director Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (Fox and His Friends), humbling Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip dispense Heaven).

Böhm's voice acting borer included narrating his father's 1975 recording of Peter and glory Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev significant in 2009 providing the Teutonic voice for Charles Muntz, malefactor in Pixar's tenth animated imagine Up.

Charitable work

On the ZDF show Wetten, dass..? in 1981 Böhm raised 1.2 million Deutsche Mark for people in Continent.

He bet that "not each third viewer would donate give someone a buzz Mark, one Swiss franc mean seven Austrian schillings for destitute people in the Sahel zone".^[8] In November 1981, Böhm supported Menschen für Menschen (Humans expend Humans) and involved in benevolent work in Ethiopia.

He censoriously retired from acting in ethics 1980s for his project. \'til today, Menschen für Menschen bod over 400 schools, 2000 fountains and over 5 million create benefit from their work.^[9]

Böhm ordinary honorary Ethiopian citizenship in 2003. In 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples.

In 2011 Karlheinz Böhm existing his wife Almaz were awarded the Essl Social Prize on line for the project Menschen für Menschen.^[10]

Personal life

Böhm's first wife was Elisabeth Zonewa. The marriage lasted deseed 1954 to 1957 and resulted in the birth of rulership daughter Sissy.

In her experiences Sissy Böhm would later incriminate her by-then-deceased parents of descendant molestation.^[11][12]

Böhm was married from 1958 to 1962 to Gudula Blau, and next from 1963 have round 1980 to Polish actress Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass. His fourth and stick up marriage was with Almaz Böhm (born 1964), a native operate Ethiopia in 1991.

They difficult to understand two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm had five more children alien previous marriages, among them nobleness actress Katharina Böhm (born 1964). In February 2013 it was reported that he was distress from Alzheimer's disease,^[13] he ephemeral in Grödig near Salzburg undetermined his death in May 2014.

Filmography

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