- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJosef Moucka
- Nickname
- Pepi
- Height6′ 3¼″ (1.91 m)
- Josef Meinrad was born on April 21, 1913 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956), Sissi (1955) and 1. April 2000 (1952). He was married to Germaine Renée Clement. He died on February 18, 1996 in Großgmain bei Salzburg, Austria.
- SpouseGermaine Renée Clement(April 11, 1950 - February 18, 1996) (his death)
- An area next to Austria's national theater, the Vienna Burgtheater, was named "Josef-Meinrad-Platz" in 1997 to commemorate the renowned stage actor.
- While he was type casted as cunning servant or subordinate in his younger years, he later often played the "civil nobleman".
- As his parents wanted him to become a priest, he visited a seminary until 1929.
- Softly-spoken, genteel Viennese stage and screen actor.
- Keeper of the Iffland Ring, the highest lifetime achievement for a German speaking actor, from 1959 until his death in 1996. His successor is Bruno Ganz.
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