Biography

Kurt von Lessen was born on February 27, 1877 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and writer, known for Der Musikant von Eisenstadt (1934), Immortal Melodies (1936) and The Fairy Dolly (1936). He died on February 12, 1960 in Salzburg, Austria.

As a librettist, he worked with Alexander Steinbrecher (1910-1982), among others, with whom he wrote the Singspiel in four pictures "Brillanten aus Wien" in 1940.

At the Salzburg Festival he played "Death" in Jedermann ( play by the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal) in 1935 and 1936.

At his father's request, he trained as an officer. However, he left the military early and went to the stage.

On June 28, 1932, the then 55-year-old married 18-year-old Dora Thaler (1914-1970), a later children's and young adult book author, in Vienna.

Kurt von Lessen was an Austrian actor and writer.