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Liane Haid (August 16, 1895 - November 28, 2000)
was an Austria|Austrian actress who has often been
referred to as Austria's first movie star.

Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and
singer and became the epitome of the Süßes
Wiener Mädel ("Sweet Viennese Girl") and a
popular pin-up girl|pin-up throughout the 1920s
and 1930s|30s. Her first motion picture was a
propaganda film made during the World War I|First
World War, Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland
(1916). She worked for UFA and, as a trained
singer, easily made the transition to the sound
era, appearing in comedy films alongside
Germany|German stars such as Willi Forst, Georg
Alexander, Theo Lingen, and Heinz Rühmann.

Having refused several offers from Hollywood, she
escaped from Nazi Germany to Switzerland in 1942
"because of the regime, because everything was
bombed, and because all the good directors had
left". She got married and also ended her film
career.

Her notable films include Lady Hamilton (1921
movie)|Lady Hamilton (1921; her breakthrough
role); Lucrezia Borgia (1926 movie)|Lucrezia
Borgia (1926); Die Csardasfürstin (1927
movie)|Die Csardasfürstin (1927, based on the
operetta by Emmerich Kalman|Emmerich Kálmán);
and the talkies Das Lied ist aus (The Song Is
Ended) (1930) and Ungeküsst soll man nicht
schlafen gehn (1936). She made her last film
appearance in 1953.

Liane Haid died in Bern, Switzerland, in 2000,
aged 105.

==See also==

* Centenarian|List of centenarians

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0354029|name=Liane Haid