Erni Mangold

Erni Mangold (sometimes Ernie or Erna; born as Erna Goldmann on 26 January 1927) is an Austrian actress and stage director. Since 1948, she had appeared in more than 75 films and TV productions.

Life
Goldmann was born into a family of artists. The father was a painter, and her mother, who was likely to become a successful concert pianist, resigned to her career in favour of her family. She had piano lessons from age 4 to 14.

After being trained at Helmut Kraus's Drama School, Erni Mangold performed from 1946 to 1956 at Vienna's Theater in der Josefstadt. From 1955 to 1963, Gustaf Gründgens engaged her for Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, afterwards she appeared at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus under Karl Heinz Stroux. From 1972, she worked at Salzburg Mozarteum, later she taught in the Helmut Kraus's Drama School and at the Max Reinhardt Seminar, and from 1984 to 1995, she was professor at University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. In December 2017, at age 90, she retired from the stage after playing the role of Maude in a production of Harold and Maude.

Mangold's career as a film and television actress spans more than 70 years and includes more than 140 film and television productions since 1948. One of her better-known roles was the mistress of Hanussen in the 1955 film of the same title. Among her roles in international film productions is a short but memorable turn as a palm reader in Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise (1995). As of 2020, she is still working as a film actress.

From 1958 to 1978, Erni Mangold was married to German actor Heinz Reincke. She lives, as of 2011, in Sankt Leonhard am Hornerwald, a little town in Waldviertel, Lower Austria. In 2011, she published her memoirs, titled Lassen Sie mich in Ruhe which is translated colloquially as "Get off my back!".

Selected filmography

 * 1948: The Other Life – Mizzi
 * 1948: The Angel with the Trumpet – Martha Monica Alt
 * 1949: Lambert Feels Threatened
 * 1949: Dear Friend – Doris Thaller
 * 1950: Großstadtnacht – Susi
 * 1952: Abenteuer im Schloss – Mizzi
 * 1953: Die Fiakermilli – Antonie Mannsfeld
 * 1953: Lavender – Susanne
 * 1953: The Bird Seller – Ernestine
 * 1953: Arlette Conquers Paris – Mariilou Bergeret
 * 1953: The Last Waltz
 * 1954: Ein Haus voll Liebe
 * 1954: The Forester of the Silver Wood – Karin
 * 1955: Ingrid – Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells – Hanne, Ingrid's Sister
 * 1955: Der falsche Adam – Dolly Dobbs
 * 1955: Hanussen – Priscilla Pletzak
 * 1956: And Who Is Kissing Me? – Liane Neubert
 * 1956: The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz – Jutta, Mannequin
 * 1956: Lügen haben hübsche Beine
 * 1956: Skandal um Dr. Vlimmen – Mientje
 * 1956: A Heart Returns Home – Maxie Mell
 * 1956: Uns gefällt die Welt – Lisa
 * 1957: Tolle Nacht – Mannequin Ingrid Mai
 * 1958: The Muzzle – Gutsituierte Dame
 * 1959: Eva – Mizzi Schranz
 * 1960: Storm in a Water Glass – Lisa
 * 1960: Aufruhr (TV film) – Josie Flint
 * 1960: Mrs. Warren's Profession – Liz
 * 1966: Hafenpolizei: Der Nerz (TV series episode) – Tilda Faller
 * 1966: Die Hinrichtung (TV film) – Frau Reindl
 * 1967: When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn – Wanda
 * 1970: Der Kommissar: Die kleine Schubelik (TV series episode) – Martha Schubelik
 * 1970: Das Geld liegt auf der Bank (TV film) – Anna Dietrich / Erna Dietrich
 * 1972:  – Emma Jellinek
 * 1972: Der letzte Werkelmann – Franzi
 * 1972: Kinderarzt Dr. Fröhlich – Thussy Zwiesel
 * 1974: Tatort: Mord im Ministerium (TV series episode) – Kora Wiesiewicz
 * 1976: Tea for Three
 * 1979: Kassbach – Seine Bekanntschaften
 * 1981: Der Bockerer – Besitzerin des Café Tosca
 * 1981: Den Tüchtigen gehört die Welt – Wirtin
 * 1982: Zeitgenossen
 * 1983: Tramps – Willies Bekanntschaft
 * 1986: Mit meinen heißen Tränen (TV miniseries)
 * 1993: Das Geheimnis – Anna Bäumer
 * 1994: Kommissar Rex: Der Tod der alten Damen (TV series episode)
 * 1995: Before Sunrise – Palm Reader
 * 1995: Kommissar Rex: Gefährliche Jagd (TV series episode) – Frau Groh
 * 1997: Qualtingers Wien – Praterfee
 * 1998: Kommissar Rex: Mosers Tod (TV series episode) – Frau Schuster
 * 1998: Drei Herren – Alte Frau
 * 1998: Die 3 Posträuber
 * 2001: Edelweiss (TV film) – Vera Dorfmeister
 * 2002: Ein Hund kam in die Küche (TV film) – Mutter Blum
 * 2003: Annas Heimkehr (TV film) – Josefa Schweighofer
 * 2004: Bauernprinzessin (TV film) – Burgi
 * 2004: Kommissar Rex: Das Donaukrokodil (TV series episode) – Frau Gruber
 * 2007: Heile Welt – Karin's mother
 * 2007: Silent Resident – Frau Danneberg
 * 2007: Zodiak – Der Horoskop-Mörder (TV miniseries) – Gertrud Orlak
 * 2007: Copacabana (TV film) – Rita
 * 2008: Nordwand – Grossmutter Kurz
 * 2008: Anonyma – Eine Frau in Berlin – Achtzigjährige Frau
 * 2009: Kaifeck Murder – Alma Lukas
 * 2010: Tod in Istanbul (TV film) – Mutter von Kurt Herder
 * 2010: Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus – Mutter Ziwoda
 * 2010: Echte Wiener 2 – Die Deppat'n und die Gspritzt'n – Morak
 * 2011: Anfang 80 – Herta
 * 2014: Und Äktschn! – Frau Lupo
 * 2014: Der letzte Tanz – Frau Ecker
 * 2014: Therapy for a Vampire – Fräulein Sedlacek
 * 2016: Hundraettåringen som smet från notan och försvann – Amanda Einstein
 * 2017: La Pasada: Die Überfahrt – Flora
 * 2018: Murer: Anatomie eines Prozesses – Oma Julius
 * 2018: The Tobacconist (film) – Frau im Pelzmantel im Bahnhof
 * 2018: Landkrimi: Der Tote im See - Maria Ahoner
 * 2019: Der Gast – Die Mutter des Hausherrn

Literature
Erni Mangold: Lassen Sie mich in Ruhe – Erinnerungen. Aufgezeichnet von Doris Priesching. Amalthea 2011, 288 S., ISBN 978-3-85002-766-3

Decorations and awards

 * 1971: Kainz Medal
 * 2000: Kammerschauspieler
 * 2004/2005: Karl-Skraup Prize
 * 2005: Nestroy Theatre Prize in the category of Best Supporting Actor
 * 2006: Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the City of Vienna
 * 2009: Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the province of Lower Austria
 * 2012: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art