Oskar Werner

Oskar Werner (November 13, 1922 - October 23, 1984) was an Austrian actor.

Born Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer in Vienna, he was an Austrian stage actor, starring in the William Shakespeare repertoire, until his film debut in Der Engel mit der Posaune in 1948. In 1951 he starred in the English language movie Decision Before Dawn, in which he played a German prisoner of war who spies for his captors.

In 1961 he starred in François Truffaut's Jules et Jim, and became an international star as a result. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1965 for Ship of Fools. Other starring roles were in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Fahrenheit 451, and The Shoes of the Fisherman. Werner also played the murderer opposite Peter Falk in an episode of the Columbo TV series entitled "Playback" (1975).

Sadly, both his decline as an actor and eventually his death of a heart attack in 1984 were caused by many years of excessive drinking.


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Sadly, both his decline as an actor and eventually his death of a heart attack in 1984 were caused by many years of excessive drinking. The above list includes solo albums only, and doesn't include compilation albums that include works by Anderson and others, such as those released by Giorno Poetry Systems. Werner also played the murderer opposite Peter Falk in an episode of the Columbo TV series entitled "Playback" (1975). Rumors emerged of a possible new album release in 2004, but this appears to be false as Anderson seems too busy mounting a succession of themed shows, as well as composing a piece for Expo 2005 in Japan. Other starring roles were in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Fahrenheit 451, and The Shoes of the Fisherman. She became NASA's first artist-in-residence in 2003 (see the third external link), which inspired her most recent performance piece The End of the Moon. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1965 for Ship of Fools. Anderson has collaborated with William Burroughs, Peter Gabriel, Mitchell Froom, David Sylvian and boyfriend Lou Reed.

In 1961 he starred in François Truffaut's Jules et Jim, and became an international star as a result. She wrote the New York City article for the Encyclopædia Britannica. In 1951 he starred in the English language movie Decision Before Dawn, in which he played a German prisoner of war who spies for his captors. In 1994 she created a CD-ROM entitled Puppet Motel. Born Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer in Vienna, he was an Austrian stage actor, starring in the William Shakespeare repertoire, until his film debut in Der Engel mit der Posaune in 1948. Her varied career even included voice-acting in the animated film The Rugrats Movie. Oskar Werner (November 13, 1922 - October 23, 1984) was an Austrian actor. She starred in and directed the 1986 concert film, Home of the Brave, and also composed the soundtracks for the Spalding Gray films Swimming to Cambodia and Monster in a Box.

Her more recent stage work includes a multimedia presentation inspired by Moby-Dick. "O Superman" was part of a larger stage work entitled United States and included on the following album Big Science. She performed in New York through the 1970s, becoming more popularly known in 1981 with the single "O Superman", which reached number two on the national pop charts in Britain. In 1972, she obtained an MFA in sculpture from Columbia University.

She attended Mills College in California, and eventually graduated from Barnard College magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, studying art history. Anderson was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Laurie Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American experimental performance artist and musician. 2002 - Live in New York.

2001 - Life on a String. 2000 - Talk Normal (greatest hits collection). 1995 - The Ugly One with the Jewels. 1994 - Bright Red.

1989 - Strange Angels. 1986 - Home of the Brave. 1984 - Mister Heartbreak. 1984 - United States Live (box set).

1982 - Big Science.