Biography

Maria Mayen was born on May 11, 1892 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Donadieu (1961), Golgatha (1920) and Konrad Hartls Lebensschicksal (1918). She died on July 15, 1978 in Vienna, Austria.

She went to Vienna in 1913 where she was engaged at the legendary Burgtheater. On the height of her career she was appointed to a "Kammerschauspielerin" in 1926.

After the movie "Golgatha" (1920) followed a long-lasting absence from the film business, only in 1967 she acted a last time in front of the camera for "Der Befehl" (1967).

Maria Mayen was among others married with the actor Emmerich Reimers. Her daughter Elisabeth Urbancic became a costume designer for film and stage, her grandchild is the very successful actor Christoph Waltz.

The actress Maria Mayen attended an acting education at the Marie-Seebach school in Berlin. After the education she first acted on different stages in Bonn before she returned to Berling where she often appeared at the Lessing-Theater.