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- Birth nameHelene Ottilie Thimig
- Helene Thimig was born on June 5, 1889 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for The Hitler Gang (1944), Der Engel mit der Posaune (1948) and Cloak and Dagger (1946). She was married to Anton Edthofer, Max Reinhardt and Paul Johannes Kalbeck. She died on November 7, 1974 in Vienna, Austria.
- SpousesAnton Edthofer(December 4, 1948 - February 21, 1971) (his death)Max Reinhardt(June 25, 1935 - October 30, 1943) (his death)Paul Johannes Kalbeck(November 12, 1914 - 1917) (divorced)
- Second wife and widow of Max Reinhardt.
- She returned to Austria after the war and continued her impressive theater career.
- Father: Hugo Thimig (1854-1944) actor, director and manager of the Burgtheater in Vienna (1912-1918).
- Older sister of Hans Thimig (actor, 1900-1991) and Hermann Thimig (actor, 1890-1982).
- Vienna-born character actress from a renown acting family who fled the Nazis with husband, theatre producer/director Max Reinhardt, sought refuge in Hollywood, and appeared in minor ethnic roles in film intrigue and melodrama. An important German stage actress prior to the takeover, she subsequently returned to Vienna in 1948 a widow, and found sporadic work in films before retiring.
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