- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAuguste Barbara Huber
- Gusti Huber was born on July 27, 1914 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), Unentschuldigte Stunde (1937) and Jenny und der Herr im Frack (1941). She was married to Joseph George Besch and Gotfrid Köchert. She died on July 12, 1993 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA.
- SpousesJoseph George Besch(1946 - July 12, 1993) (her death, 2 children)Gotfrid Köchert(1939 - 1944) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesSamantha Mathis(Grandchild)
- Mother of Bibi Besch and grandmother of Samantha Mathis.
- Her granddaughter Samantha Mathis continues the family tradition as an actress in the USA.
- Brunette Austrian actress, who began acting in 1929 while still a student at the Academy for Music and Representative Art in Vienna. She then joined the Zurich Schauspielhaus in Switzerland as an ensemble member for five years, during which period she appeared in 180 different roles. Following the end of World War II, she married an American army officer and former newspaper man, Joseph Besch. She accompanied him to the U.S. and later had a successful career on Broadway, critically acclaimed as Edith Frank in the 1956 production of "The Diary of Anne Frank". Huber retired from acting in 1961.
- The actress Gusti Huber began her career at the theater in Zurich.
- Her daughter Bibi Besch (1942-1996) became also a busy actress who had her most successful time in the 70's and 80's.
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