{{Short description|German actress (1918–2005)}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2019}} [[File:USIS - Susi Nicoletti als Smeraldina.jpg|thumb|USIS - Susi Nicoletti als Smeraldina]]
'''Susi Nicoletti''' (3 September 1918 – 5 June 2005) was a [[Bavaria]]n-born actress best remembered today for over 100 supporting roles mostly in [[comedy film]]s. She was born as '''Susanne Emilie Luise Adele Habersack''' in [[Munich]], but spent most of her childhood with her parents in [[Amsterdam]]. Back in Munich, she made her stage debut at age 13. Two years later she became a [[ballerina]].
In the early 1930s she turned to [[cabaret]]. In 1939, she was offered her first film role. In 1940 she moved to [[Vienna]], where she became a member of the [[Burgtheater]]. After her retirement in 1992 she continued her stage career at the [[Theater in der Josefstadt]]. For decades, Nicoletti taught acting and [[dance]] at the prestigious [[Max Reinhardt Seminar]] in Vienna. Her husband, [[Ernst Haeussermann]], was a theatre director. {{cn|date=February 2014}}
==Death== Nicoletti died in Vienna of complications after [[cardiac surgery|heart surgery]], aged 86. Her son, daughter and grandchildren live in the [[United States]]. {{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}
==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} * ''[[A Mother's Love (1939 film)|A Mother's Love]]'' (1939) - Franzi Pirlinger - 1922 * ''[[Judgement Day (1940 film)|Judgement Day]]'' (1940) - Marianne Strubel * ''Oh, diese Männer'' (1941) - Lilly * ''Sommerliebe'' (1942) - Irma * ''Der zweite Schuß'' (1943) - Irene Neuhaus * ''[[The Singing House]]'' (1947) - Fritzi, Sekretärin * ''Umwege zu dir'' (1947) * ''Gottes Engel sind überall'' (1948) - Liesl Fischer * ''{{Ill|Philine (film)|de|3=Philine (Film)|lt=Philine}}'' (1949) - Berthe Paradis * ''{{Ill|Liebesheirat|de|Liebesheirat (Film)}}'' (1949) - Pucki Hildebrand * ''[[Nothing But Coincidence]]'' (1949) - Liane Reitmayer * ''Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee'' (1949) - Anny Bird * ''Mein Freund, der nicht nein sagen konnte'' (1949) - Elfi * ''{{Ill|Jetzt schlägt's 13|de|Jetzt schlägt’s 13}}'' (1950) - Hedy Jaconis * ''[[No Sin on the Alpine Pastures (1950 film)|No Sin on the Alpine Pastures]]'' (1950) - Annerl Pfundhammer * ''Der alte Sünder'' (1951) - Yvonne Farini * ''Eine Frau mit Herz'' (1951) - Hilde Straßmeier * ''Eva erbt das Paradies'' (1951) - Daisy Jordan * ''[[Hello Porter]]'' (1952) - Susi * ''[[Voices of Spring (1952 film)|Voices of Spring]]'' (1952) - Rosi * ''[[Ideal Woman Sought]]'' (1952) - Chérie * ''[[The Day Before the Wedding]]'' (1952) - Frl. Kluge * ''{{Ill|Ich und meine Frau|de}}'' (1953) - Yvonne * ''[[Irene in Trouble]]'' (1953) - Vera Cirmann * ''[[Grandstand for General Staff (1953 film)|Grandstand for General Staff]]'' (1953) - Frau Rittmeister v. Mirkowitsch * ''Hochzeit auf Reisen'' (1953) - Ly Ballacz * ''[[Roses from the South (1954 film)|Roses from the South]]'' (1954) - Janine Rocca * ''Kaisermanöver'' (1954) - Gräfin Trangini * ''Schützenliesel'' (1954) - Cornelia * ''[[The Blue Danube (1955 film)|The Blue Danube]]'' (1955) - Gräfin Eichenfels * ''[[Marriage Sanitarium]]'' (1955) - Amanda Dietze * ''[[One Woman Is Not Enough?]]'' (1955) - Madame Colette * ''Die Deutschmeister'' (1955) - Comtess Nanette * ''[[Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol]]'' (1955) - Barbara Tusma * ''Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch'' (1955) * ''Symphonie in Gold'' (1956) - Mathilde Seidlitz * ''[[And Who Is Kissing Me? (1956 film)|And Who Is Kissing Me?]]'' (1956) - Kitty Lindner * ''Liebe, die den Kopf verliert'' (1956) - Baronin Jasmin von Arnau * ''Lügen haben hübsche Beine'' (1956) * ''Ein tolles Hotel'' (1956) - Anna Bender * ''Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald'' (1956) - Vera * ''Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein'' (1956) - Marla Carlotti * ''Uns gefällt die Welt'' (1956) - Reseda * ''[[The Beautiful Master]]'' (1956) - Lisa * ''Die liebe Familie'' (1957) - Maria Jurancy * ''August der Halbstarke'' (1957) - Mimi Rums * ''Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit'' (1957) - Frau von Gregory * ''[[The Winemaker of Langenlois]]'' (1957) - Stefanie Köster, Weinhändlerin * ''[[Confessions of Felix Krull (film)|Confessions of Felix Krull]]'' (1957) - Madame Houpflé * ''Wie schön, daß es dich gibt'' (1957) - Jeanette Valeur * ''{{ill|Junger Mann, der alles kann|de}}'' (1957) - Baronin * ''Egon, der Frauenheld'' (1957) * ''[[The Count of Luxemburg (1957 film)|The Count of Luxemburg]]'' (1957) - Caroline, Erbgräfin von Luxemburg * ''[[An American in Salzburg]]'' (1958) - Frau Coopers Hausdame * ''Man ist nur zweimal jung'' (1958) - Marie-Therese * ''{{Ill|Trees Are Blooming in Vienna|de|Im Prater blüh’n wieder die Bäume}}'' (1958) - Isabella * ''[[One Should Be Twenty Again]]'' (1958) - Jenny Dill * ''{{ill|Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch|de}}'' (1958) - Leonie von Heymendorf * ''[[Rendezvous in Vienna (1959 film)|Rendezvous in Vienna]]'' (1959) - Milli * ''[[Hula-Hopp, Conny]]'' (1959) - Diana Haller * ''Immer die Mädchen'' (1959) - Sportlehrerin Florence Henderson * ''Dream Revue'' (1959) - Frau Schmitt * ''[[I'm Marrying the Director]]'' (1960) - Frau von Wittekind * ''[[Crime Tango]]'' (1960) - Frau Schleinitz * ''[[The Adventures of Count Bobby]]'' (1961) - Mrs. Evelyn Piper * ''{{Ill|… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier|de}}'' (1961) - Gräfin von Kokowsky * ''[[Mariandl]]'' (1961) - Franzi * ''Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel'' (1961) - Katie Held * ''[[Die Fledermaus (1962 film)|Die Fledermaus]]'' (1962) - Baroness Martens * ''[[The Turkish Cucumbers]]'' (1962) - Susanne, seine Gattin * ''Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen'' (1962) - Tante Agathe * ''[[Mariandl's Homecoming|Mariandls Heimkehr]]'' (1962) - Franzi * ''[[Schweik's Awkward Years]]'' (1964) - Amanda Hruschkowitz * ''[[I Learned It from Father]]'' (1964) - Dora Bauer * ''{{ill|Sie nannten ihn Krambambuli|de}}'' (1972) - Therese * ''[[The Mimosa Wants to Blossom Too]]'' (1976) - Emily Hopkins * ''Feuerwerk'' (1976) - Mutter * ''Tödliche Liebe'' (1995) * ''Das zehnte Jahr'' (1995) - Guest * ''[[Comedian Harmonists (film)|Comedian Harmonists]]'' (1997) - Frau Grunbaum * ''On the Other Side of the Bridge'' (2002) - Old Fanny {{div col end}}
==Decorations and awards== * 1977 - [[Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class]] * 1978 - Gold Medal of Honour of the capital Vienna * 1997 - Nestroy Ring * 2000 - Platinum [[Romy (TV award)|Romy]] for lifetime achievement * 2004 - Undine Award - for your life's work as a young supporter * 2005 - Gold Medal of the City of Vienna
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0630401}} *[http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=8361 Photographs and literature]
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