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Hans Jaray is a Actor and Theatre Play Autrichien born on 24 june 1906 at Vienna (Austria)

Hans Jaray

Hans Jaray
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Nationality Austria
Birth 24 june 1906 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 6 january 1990 (at 83 years) at Vienna (Austria)

Hans Jaray (1906–1990) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He also wrote and directed several television films. Jaray starred as a leading man in a number of 1930s films, such as the Schubert biopic Gently My Songs Entreat (1933). Jaray emigrated to the United States following the Anchluss of 1938, but returned to Vienna after the Second World War.

The 1934 Czech film Man in Demand on All Sides was based on one of his plays.

Biography

Hans Jaray suit les cours du Theresianum et de l'Académie de musique et d'arts du spectacle de Vienne. Son premier contrat en tant qu'acteur l'amène au Neue Wiener Bühne de 1925 à 1930 où il joue le repertoire classique, comme Hamlet.

Max Reinhardt, le directeur du Theater in der Josefstadt, l'engage ensuite. Jaray y travaillera jusqu'en 1938. Il écrit une série de pièces de théâtre. Avec son interprétation de Franz Schubert dans le film biographique de Willi Forst, La Vie tendre et pathétique, il acquiert une popularité en Autriche et en Allemagne.

Après l'Anschluss en 1938, il doit aller aux États-Unis en raison de ses origines juives et travaille juqu'en 1948 dans des théâtres de Hollywood et New York. En 1942, il est un des fondateurs de la compagnie des acteurs germanophones émigrés. En 1948, il publie aux États-Unis en anglais puis en Allemagne en allemand un roman One Day Missing/Es fehlt eine Seite (Il manque un jour/une page). En 1990, ses mémoires sortent après sa mort sous le titre Was ich kaum erträumen konnte.

À son retour à Vienne, il rejoint le Volkstheater puis en 1951 le Theater in der Josefstadt où il mettra en scène par la suite. En plus de jouer dans des pièces dans le genre du théâtre de boulevard, Jaray s'investit dans le cinéma. De 1954 à 1964, il enseigne au Max Reinhardt Seminar qu'il dirige brièvement en 1960.

À sa mort, il se fait enterrer au cimetière de Hietzinger à Vienne.

Usually with

Willi Forst
Willi Forst
(2 films)
Franz Planer
Franz Planer
(2 films)
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
(1 films)
Max Rée
Max Rée
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Hans Jaray (10 films)

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Actor

Fedora
Fedora (1978)
, 1h54
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, José Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen, Mario Adorf
Roles Count Sobryanski
Rating67% 3.3976553.3976553.3976553.3976553.397655
The film's central character is a reclusive foreign-born actress, one of the greatest movie stars of the century, who inexplicably has retained her youthful beauty despite her advancing years. In the opening scene she commits suicide by throwing herself in front of a train, and among the mourners at her funeral is aging has-been Hollywood producer Barry "Dutch" Detweiler, with whom she once had a brief affair and who serves as the film's narrator.
Carnegie Hall, 2h24
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Marsha Hunt, William Prince, Frank McHugh, Hans Jaray, Martha O' Driscoll, Cloris Leachman
Roles Tony Salerno Sr.
Rating63% 3.191963.191963.191963.191963.19196
A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall. The son would prefer to play jazz with Vaughan Monroe's orchestra. But Mama's wishes prevail and the son appears at Carnegie Hall as the composer-conductor-pianist of a modern trumpet concerto, with Harry James as the soloist.
Lydia
Lydia (1941)
, 1h44
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Edna May Oliver, Alan Marshal, Joseph Cotten, Hans Jaray, George Reeves
Roles Frank Andre
Rating63% 3.1973753.1973753.1973753.1973753.197375
An elderly woman named Lydia Macmillan (Merle Oberon), who is running a children's home, gets an unexpected visit from a long lost acquaintance, Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick (Joseph Cotten). They haven't met for forty years, when they were young and in love. The story of their lives unfold as they remember the past with great fondness.
Unfinished Symphony, 1h24
Directed by Willi Forst, Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Marta Eggerth, Helen Chandler, Ronald Squire, Eliot Makeham, Cecil Humphreys, Hermine Sterler
Roles Franz Schubert
Rating74% 3.7063853.7063853.7063853.7063853.706385
Le jeune Franz Schubert tombe amoureux de Caroline Esterházy, son élève. Mais quand cette dernière informe son père de son intention d'épouser Schubert, le Comte ordonne au musicien de retourner à Vienne. Il retrouvera Caroline plus tard, alors qu'elle se marie, et lui donnera le manuscrit de sa symphonie inachevée.
Peter
Peter (1934)
, 1h25
Directed by Henry Koster
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Franciska Gaal, Felix Bressart, Richard Eybner, Hans Jaray, Hans Richter, Anton Pointner
Roles Doktor Robert Bandler
Rating73% 3.6709553.6709553.6709553.6709553.670955
Lover Divine, 1h25
Directed by Willi Forst
Origin German
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Hans Jaray, Marta Eggerth, Luise Ullrich, Hans Moser, Otto Tressler, Hans Olden
Roles Franz Schubert
Rating68% 3.4394653.4394653.4394653.4394653.439465
Le jeune compositeur Franz Schubert doit mettre sa guitare en gage pour payer son loyer. Emmy, la fille du prêteur en gage, est si séduite par son allure simple et amicale qu'elle lui fait payer un montant plus élevé que l'instrument. Bientôt les deux jeunes gens se rapprochent. Le chef d'orchestre Antonio Salieri a entendu parler du talent de Schubert, lui fait passer un entretien et l'engage comme professeur assistant. Schubert est ensuite invité à une soirée pour les nouveaux talents organisée par madame Kinsky. Quand le Viennois présente sa symphonie inachevée, au cours de son exécution, il lui vient soudainement à l'esprit plusieurs fins possibles qu'il présente dans sa ferveur immature. Le public se met à rire, Schubert est en colère et quitte la soirée.
The Love of Jeanne Ney, 1h40
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Édith Jéhanne, Eugen Jensen, Fritz Rasp, Brigitte Helm, Sig Arno, Hertha von Walther
Roles Emile Poitras
Rating71% 3.5893.5893.5893.5893.589
Jeanne (Edith Jehanne) is the daughter of Alfred Ney, a French diplomat and political observer. The family is based in Russia during the post-revolutionary civil war. Her father is set up by the scheming Khalibiev, who sells him a list of Bolshevik agents that includes Jeanne's lover, Andreas Labov (Uno Henning). The information is leaked by Alfred's Chinese servant, though Khalibiev isn't implicated. With the revolutionary army about to storm the city, Andreas is forced to execute Jeanne's father. She is horrified, but urges Andreas to run for his life. He warns her that it is she who must run, as the Red Army will soon occupy the town. She escapes with the help of a homely soldier, who's become smitten with her.

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