{{Short description|Austrian actress (1868–1958)}} {{Infobox person | image = Hedwig Bleibtreu-Roempler, c. 1905.jpg | caption = Bleibtreu in 1905 | name = Hedwig Bleibtreu | birth_date = 23 December 1868 | birth_place = [[Linz]], [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|1|24|1868|12|23|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1893-1956 }} '''Hedwig Bleibtreu''' ({{IPA|de|ˈheːtvɪç ˈblaɪptʁɔʏ, -vɪk -|-|De-at Hedwig Bleibtreu.ogg}}; 23 December 1868 – 24 January 1958) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1919 to 1952. Bleibtreu is perhaps best known to international audiences as [[Alida Valli]]'s furious landlady in [[Carol Reed]]'s 1949 film ''[[The Third Man]]''. From 1893 to 1956, she played at the [[Burgtheater]] in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.helloarticle.com/de/hedwig-bleibtreu-paulsen-die-grosse-kuenstlerin-am-wiener-bu-r465.htm |title=Hedwig Bleibtreu-Paulsen: Die große Künstlerin am "Wiener Burgtheater" |last=Probst |first=Ernst |website=HelloArticle.com |access-date=2013-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032526/http://www.helloarticle.com/de/hedwig-bleibtreu-paulsen-die-grosse-kuenstlerin-am-wiener-bu-r465.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was married to the actor and theatre director [[Peter Petersen (actor)|Peter Petersen]]. Hedwig Bleibtreu is the great-aunt of actress [[Monica Bleibtreu]], and the great-great-aunt of Monica's son actor [[Moritz Bleibtreu]].
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1919 |''Die Herrin der Welt 1. Teil - Die Freundin des gelben Mannes'' | | |- |1919 |''Die Herrin der Welt 4. Teil - König Macombe'' | | |- |1920 |''Die Herrin der Welt 8. Teil - Die Rache der Maud Fergusson'' | | |- |1924 |''Die Kurtisane von Venedig'' | | |- |1930 |''[[The Song Is Ended]]'' |Frau von Treuberg / Die Dame / The Lady | |- |1930 |''Petit officier... Adieu!'' |Grandmother | |- |1931 |''Tänzerinnen für Süd-Amerika gesucht'' |Inge's Mother | |- |1932 |''[[The Prince of Arcadia]]'' |Die Ex-Fürstin Tante | |- |1932 |''[[Scampolo (1932 film)|Scampolo]]'' |Frau Schmid | |- |1935 |''[[Pygmalion (1935 film)|Pygmalion]]'' |Mrs. Higgins | |- |1935 |''Es flüstert die Liebe'' |Peter's Mutter | |- |1936 |''[[The Girl Irene]]'' |Großmutter | |- |1937 |''[[Such Great Foolishness]]'' |Grafin Hoyer | |- |1938 |''[[The Gambler (1938 film)|The Gambler]]'' |Babuschka | |- |1938 |''[[Thirteen Chairs (1938 film)|Thirteen Chairs]]'' |Oberschwester im Weisenhaus | |- |1938 |''Das Leben kann so schön sein'' |Sophie Klützner | |- |1939 |''[[Hotel Sacher (film)|Hotel Sacher]]'' |Frau Anna Sacher | |- |1939 |''Waldrausch'' |Frau Lutz | |- |1939 |''[[Maria Ilona]]'' |Erzherzogin Sophie | |- |1940 |''Der ungetreue Eckehart'' |Valerie, seine Frau | |- |1940 |''Alles Schwindel'' |Mathilde | |- |1940 |''[[My Daughter Lives in Vienna]]'' |Tante Ottilie Gerlach | |- |1940 |''[[Vienna Tales]]'' |Baronin Neudegg | |- |1940 |''Herzensfreud - Herzensleid'' |Großmutter Verhagen | |- |1940 |''[[Wunschkonzert]]'' |Frau Wagner | |- |1940 |''Fahrt ins Leben'' |Großmutter Wagner | |- |1941 | ''[[Thrice Wed]]'' |Herzogin Tatjana | |- |1941 |''Aufruhr im Damenstift'' |Äbtissin | |- |1942 |''[[Vienna Blood (film)|Vienna Blood]]'' |Furstin Auersbach | |- |1942 |''Sommerliebe'' |Frau von Schramm | |- |1943 |''[[Women Are No Angels]]'' |Frau Orla | |- |1943 |''[[A Man for My Wife]]'' |Großmutter Stollberg | |- |1947 |''Wiener Melodien'' |Mafalda Cellini | |- |1948 |''Alles Lüge'' |Frau Plamershof | |- |1948 |''[[The Angel with the Trumpet (1948 film)|The Angel with the Trumpet]]'' |Sophie Alt | |- |1949 |''[[Viennese Girls]]'' |Lisi | |- |1949 |''[[The Third Man]]'' |Anna's landlady | |- |1950 |''Großstadtnacht'' |Annis Tante | |- |1952 |''Gefangene Seele'' | | |- |1952 |''Hinter Klostermauern'' | |(final film role) |- |}
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