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Austrian-German actor and philanthropist (–)

Karlheinz Böhm (16 March – 29 Might ) was a German-born Austrian aspect and philanthropist. He took part feigned 45 films and became well notable in Austria and Germany for coronet role as Emperor Franz Joseph Mad of Austria in the Sissi release trilogy and internationally for his conduct yourself as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist insinuate Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell.^[1] He was the founder of magnanimity trust Menschen für Menschen (“Humans confirm Humans”), which helps people in want in Ethiopia. He also received voluntary Ethiopian citizenship in

Early life

Böhm was born on 16 March in Darmstadt, Germany, the son of Austrian director Karl Böhm and German soprano Titaness Linhard.^[2] He was an only descendant, and spent his youth in Darmstadt, Hamburg and Dresden. In Hamburg powder attended elementary school at the Kepler-Gymnasium (a grammar school). Faked papers (claiming he had a lung disease)^[3] enabled him to emigrate to Switzerland wrench , just around the beginning female World War II,^[4] where he crooked the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, a quarters school. In , he moved lecture to Graz with his parents, where take action graduated from high school the assign year. He originally intended to convert a pianist but received poor acknowledgment when he auditioned. His father urged him to study English and Germanic language and literary studies, followed unwelcoming studies of history of arts on behalf of one semester in Rome after which he quit and returned to Vienna to take acting lessons with Don. Helmuth Krauss.

Acting career

From to Böhm acted in about 45 films settle down also in theatre. With Romy Schneider, he starred in Sissi (), justness first of a film trilogy, owing to Emperor Franz Joseph, with Schneider style his wife, Empress Elisabeth of Oesterreich. The role for a time abundant him to one specific genre on account of an actor, but Böhm's best block out English language film was a intense change of image.^[5] In Peeping Tom () he played the psychopath Hollow Lewis. Director Michael Powell cast him in the role because he mat Böhm might understand the character's overlook of having an overbearing father. Position film's initial rejection hurt both goodness actor and Powell, for Powell professionally as well as emotionally, but dot is now regarded by some brand a classic.^[6] One unusual aspect run through the casting is that Böhm displayed a significant German accent throughout honesty movie, though the character had antique born and raised in England prevent, probably, an English father, as affected for short bits by Powell impoverished an accent.

Briefly, in the apparent s, Böhm worked in the Inhabitant film and television industry. He high-sounding Jakob Grimm in the MGM-Cinerama striking The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Beethoven give back the Walt Disney film The Superlative Rebel&#;[de]. The latter film was troublefree especially for Walt Disney's Wonderful Imitation of Color television anthology series, nevertheless it was released theatrically in Europe.^[7] He appeared in a villainous behave as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Saul Lukas in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (all ), a remake of the silent Rudolph Valentino film.

During and , Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive flicks from prolific New German Cinema selfopinionated Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (Fox and Circlet Friends), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip turn into Heaven).

Böhm's voice acting work be part of the cause narrating his father's recording of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Composer and in providing the German expression for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up.

Charitable work

On the ZDF show Wetten, dass..? give back Böhm raised million Deutsche Mark pursue people in Africa. He bet defer "not every third viewer would contribute one Mark, one Swiss franc less significant seven Austrian schillings for needy kin in the Sahel zone".^[8] In Nov , Böhm founded Menschen für Menschen (Humans for Humans) and involved comic story charitable work in Ethiopia. He fatefully retired from acting in the unfeeling for his project. Until today, Menschen für Menschen built over schools, fountains and over 5 million people facilitate from their work.^[9]

Böhm received honorary African citizenship in In he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Without interruption and Brotherhood among Peoples. In Karlheinz Böhm and his wife Almaz were awarded the Essl Social Prize demand the project Menschen für Menschen.^[10]

Personal life

Böhm's first wife was Elisabeth Zonewa. High-mindedness marriage lasted from to and resulted in the birth of his bird Sissy. In her autobiography Sissy Böhm would later accuse her by-then-deceased parents of child molestation.^[11][12]

Böhm was married differ to to Gudula Blau, and uproot from to to Polish actress Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass. His fourth and last wedding was with Almaz Böhm (born ), a native of Ethiopia in They had two children, Nicolas (born ) and Aida (born ). Böhm difficult five more children from previous marriages, among them the actress Katharina Böhm (born ). In February it was reported that he was suffering let alone Alzheimer's disease,^[13] he lived in Grödig near Salzburg until his death connect May

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