Hans Jaray(1906-1990)
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Hans Jaray was a writer, singer, film and stage actor. After finishing
school, he went to the Academy for Music and Art, in Vienna. His stage
debut was in 1923, in Wiener Volkstheater and from 1930 to 1938, he
played at the Theater in der Josefstadt. The first play he wrote was
"Boulevard-Komödien". His two first movies were
L'amour de Jeanne Ney (1927)
(The Love of Jeanne Ney) and
Les beaux fils (1926).
In 1933, he played 'Franz
Schubert' in
Symphonie inachevée (1933)
("Unfinished Symphony", aka "Lover Divine", "La Symphonie inachevée").
After that, he was not often in Germany because he went back to Austria in order to emigrate to the USA in 1938. There, he played in New York on Broadway. His two Hollywood films were Lydia (1941) and Carnegie Hall (1947). After WWII, he came back to Vienna and worked there on stage, cinema and as a Professor at the Reinhardt-Seminar. Some of his last films were Frühlingsstimmen (1952) and Fedora (1978) by 'Billy Wilder', with Hildegard Knef, Henry Fonda and Michael York. He also wrote many stage plays and books.
After that, he was not often in Germany because he went back to Austria in order to emigrate to the USA in 1938. There, he played in New York on Broadway. His two Hollywood films were Lydia (1941) and Carnegie Hall (1947). After WWII, he came back to Vienna and worked there on stage, cinema and as a Professor at the Reinhardt-Seminar. Some of his last films were Frühlingsstimmen (1952) and Fedora (1978) by 'Billy Wilder', with Hildegard Knef, Henry Fonda and Michael York. He also wrote many stage plays and books.
