Oscar Straus(1870-1954)

Composer
Writer
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Oscar Straus was born on 6 March 1870 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a composer and writer, known for Mariés à Hollywood (1929), Le lieutenant souriant (1931) and Une heure près de toi (1932). He was married to Clara Singer and Nelly Irmen. He died on 11 January 1954 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria.

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J. Harold Murray and Norma Terris in Mariés à Hollywood (1929)

Mariés à Hollywood

Writer

1929

Maurice Chevalier in Le lieutenant souriant (1931)

Le lieutenant souriant

7.1

Music Department

1931

Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in Une heure près de toi (1932)

Une heure près de toi

7.0

Composer

1932

Charles Boyer, Vittorio De Sica, Danielle Darrieux, and Roger Vincent in Madame de... (1953)

7.9

Composer

1953

Credits

Composer

Der letzte Walzer
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1973
Le baiser
6.2
- Composer
- 1973
Ein Walzertraum
8.4
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1969
The Chocolate Soldier
7.1
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1955
Madame de...
7.9
- Composer
- 1953
La dernière valse
5.4
- music composer: operetta 'Der letzte Walzer'
- 1953
Einmal keine Sorgen haben
5.5
- Composer
- 1953
Sonho de Valsa
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1952
Nash Airflyte Theatre
6.1
TV Series
- Composer
- 1951
Musical Comedy Time
7.6
TV Series
- Composer
- 1950
La ronde
7.5
- Composer (as Oscar Strauss)
- 1950
Moulin Rouge
5.8
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1940
De Mayerling à Sarajevo
6.7
- Composer
- 1940
Les trois valses
6.0
- Composer
- 1938
Make a Wish
5.4
- Composer
- 1937

Writer

Valsedrømme
TV Movie
- writer
- 1967
Une femme qui sait ce qu'elle veut
6.0
- libretto: operetta of the same name
- 1958
Nash Airflyte Theatre
6.1
TV Series
- Writer
- 1951
La dernière valse
- operetta
- 1936
Zena, ktera vi co chce
5.7
- opera libretto
- 1934
Mariés à Hollywood
- operetta Ein Walzertraum
- 1929
Der letzte Walzer
- operetta
- 1927
Rêve de valse
6.2
- operetta Ein Walzertraum
- 1925
Sonho de Valsa
2.4
- operetta "Ein Walzertraum"
- 1909

Music Department

Personal details

Alternative name
- Oscar Strauss
Born
- March 6, 1870
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died
- January 11, 1954
- Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria(heart attack)
Spouses
Other works
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Trivia
Viennese conductor and composer of operettas, cabaret songs and occasional film music. Straus deliberately changed his surname (from "Strauss") to avoid association with the famous musical dynasty of that name. He was not related.

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