Tilla Durieux [SEP] date of birth
Tilla Durieux
Tilla Durieux (born Ottilie Godefroy; 18 August 1880 – 21 February 1971) was an Austrian theatre and film actress of the first decades of the 20th century.
Biography.
Born Ottilie Godefroy on 18 August 1880, the daughter of the Austrian chemist Richard Godefroy (1847–1895), she trained as an actress in Vienna, her native town, and made her debut at the Moravian Theatre in Olmütz (Olomouc) in 1901/02. The next season she got an engagement in Breslau (Wrocław). From
also Schnabel's own songs for voice and piano, many of which were dedicated to his wife.
After the birth of her sons, Behr appeared in public less frequently, accompanied almost always by her husband and, later, her son Karl Ulrich Schnabel.
Behr taught throughout her life. Her students include Doda Conrad, Tilla Durieux, Eva Leßmann, Hilde Ellger, Gertrud Hindemith, Sabine Kalter, Lotte Leonard, Peter Pears, Maria Stader, Erika Stiedry-Wagner, Mary Simmons, and Randolph Symonette.