Queen Elisabeth: On the Death of the Actress Elisabeth Orth

With Elisabeth Orth, the last representative of a generation of Burgtheater actors died on Saturday, who made everything earthly forgotten in Sternstunden. Many memories remain, also of her social commitment, of her engagement with the Hörbiger clan and her artistic rebirth with Andrea Breth.

The actress Elisabeth Orth, Doyenne of the Vienna Burgtheater, passed away 89 years ago – one day before this stage premieres a piece that addresses her family history.

Direct, unsentimental and truth-sacrificing: Elisabeth Orth, the Doyenne of the Burgtheater, died at the age of 89. She was not only an exceptional phenomenon on stage, but also in her life as an activist for the psychosanitary of the country.

Obituary: The great actress and Burgtheater-Doyenne Elisabeth Orth died on Saturday at the age of 89

Vienna's mayor Michael Ludwig reacted to the death of the Burgtheater-Doyenne Elisabeth Orth with "great dismay". "She was one of the most outstanding human actors of the German-speaking stage", says the city's head. "In addition, the daughter of Paula Wessely and Attila Hörbiger always demonstrated political stance and worked defencefully – like her equally famous son, the great actor Cornelius Obonya – against anti-Semitism and xenophobia. "El…

Elisabeth Orth, a great actress and political fighter, died at the age of 89. Her connections to the Salzburg Festival were, as it were, family.