Heidelinde Weis: TV star has died

Heidelinde Weis (1940-2023) is dead. The actress died on Friday (November 24th) at the age of 83, as reported by ” and others. Weis became known primarily for her numerous television roles.

Weis was already on the theater stage at a young age. The actress, who was born in Villach, Carinthia, completed her acting training at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. In the Austrian capital she then played at the Theater in der Josefstadt and made her film debut in 1959. In addition to acting, Weis also devoted himself to music, recorded three long-playing records and was awarded the German Record Prize.

From the end of the 1960s she focused her work on television roles and was seen in Germany, among other things, in the first seven episodes of the “Schwarzwaldklinik”. She also appeared in series such as “Der Alte” or several times in the “Utta Danella”, “Rosamunde Pilcher” or “Das Traumschiff” film series. After working and working in Germany for decades, she returned to her hometown. In 2016 it was announced that Weis was suffering from bladder cancer. Her autobiography “The best is yet to come” was published in 2022.

Mourning for “outstanding artist”

The Governor of Carinthia, Peter Kaiser (64), and his deputy Gaby Schaunig (58) expressed their sympathy for Weis’ relatives. “Heidelinde Weis was incredibly versatile as an actress, director and singer. But above all, she was also very warm and inspiring as a person,” Kaiser said in a statement. Weis was an outstanding artist and a very special person, added Schaunig. In 1982 Weis was awarded the “Great Golden Medal of Honor of the State of Carinthia” and in 2000 the City of Villach’s Culture Prize. She was already honored with a Golden Camera in 1977.