Oskar Sima
Oskar Sima | |
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Born | Hohenau an der March, Austria-Hungary |
31 July 1896
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Langenzersdorf, Austria |
Occupation | Actor |
Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high school in Vienna. After a brief tour in the army during World War I, he began acting in various theatrical productions in Berlin, Vienna, and other cities in Central Europe. He began his film career in 1921, and appeared in a number of German silent films early on. Sima was frequently cast as the comic villain whose machinations get everyone into trouble, although many a times his villainous stature was used to more chilling effect.
In 1929, Sima married actress Lina Woiwode. The couple remained married until Sima's death.
Along with Friedl Czepa, Fred Hennings and Leni Riefenstahl he was identified as being an active supporter of the Nazi Party.[1] After World War II, Sima was a frequent character actor, causing one biographer to write, "... there was hardly a movie in which Oskar Sima didn't act."[1]
Sima suffered an aneurysm in 1968 and languished for nearly a year before succumbing to his illness on 24 June 1969. He was 72.
Selected filmography
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- Leontine's Husbands (1928)
- Column X (1929)
- The Woman One Longs For (1929)
- Phantoms of Happiness (1929)
- The Model from Montparnasse (1929)
- Skandal um Eva (1930)
- The Other (1930)
- Darling of the Gods (1930)
- The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)
- Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931)
- The Big Attraction (1931)
- Inquest (1931)
- The Countess of Monte-Christo (1932)
- The Beautiful Adventure (1932)
- You Don't Forget Such a Girl (1932)
- Girls to Marry (1932)
- The Magic Top Hat (1932)
- Scampolo (1932)
- The Star of Valencia (1933)
- Scandal in Budapest (1933)
- So ein Flegel (1934)
- The Young Baron Neuhaus (1934)
- A Night in Venice (1934)
- Heinz in the Moon (1934)
- Suburban Cabaret (1935)
- Donogoo Tonka (1936)
- Land of Love (1937)
- The Charm of La Boheme (1937)
- Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering (1937)
- Nanon (1938)
- Five Million Look for an Heir (1938)
- Woman in the River (1939)
- Vienna Tales (1940)
- Above All Else in the World (1941)
- Love is Duty Free (1941)
- Heaven, We Inherit a Castle (1943)
- Two Happy People (1943)
- The Heath Is Green (1951)
- The Mine Foreman (1952)
- Ideal Woman Sought (1952)
- Don't Ask My Heart (1952)
- The Rose of Stamboul (1953)
- The Emperor Waltz (1953)
- Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
- The Congress Dances (1955)
- The Three from the Filling Station (1955)
- Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden (1956)
- The Girl Without Pyjamas (1957)
- Season in Salzburg (1961)
- Die Fledermaus (1962)
- The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan (1967)
References
- ↑ Dassanowsky p.108
Bibliography
- Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland & Company, 2005.