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- Birth nameJosef Kohner
- Josef Jarno was born on August 24, 1866 in Pest, Hungary [now Budapest, Hungary]. He was an actor and writer, known for Der lustige Witwer (1920), Die Jüdin von Toledo (1919) and Der fremde Gast (1914). He was married to Hansi Niese. He died on January 11, 1932 in Vienna, Austria.
- SpouseHansi Niese(1899 - January 11, 1932) (his death, 2 children)
- Director of the Wiener Jarno Bühnen. Married to the famous Austrian actress Hansi Niese.
- In 1905, Jarno bought the Fürst-Theater and lead it in parallel with the Theater in der Josefstadt. In 1926 he assumed leadership of the Renaissance-Bühne theatre in Vienna.
- Being an actor and managing director at the same time, Jarno was a busy but successful man. He created a program alike a commercial institution with more than 450 plays during his term, for instance playing Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband one hundred times before 1907.
- In 1897 a summer theatre was initiated in Bad Aussee, with Jarno as its first director. Two years later he gave up the job and moved to Vienna to take over as the leader of the Theater in der Josefstadt.
- The German-language premiere of Ferenc Molnár's suburban legend Liliom (1913) featured Jarno in the title role and made the play a worldwide success.
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