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Helmut Qualtinger
Acting
08 Oct 1928
† 29 Sept 1986
Vienna, Austria
Biography
Helmut Qualtinger was born in Vienna, Austria. He initially studied medicine, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger debuted as an actor at a student theater and attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar as a guest student. Beginning in 1947, he appeared in cabaret performances. In 1949, Qualtinger's first theatrical play, Jugend vor den Schranken, was staged in Graz. Up t...
Also Known As
Helmut Gustav Friedrich Qualtinger, Helmuth Qualtinger






















