Liane Augustin
Liane Augustin | |
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![]() Liane Augustin at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 | |
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Born | Berlin, Germany | November 18, 1927
Died | April 30, 1978 Vienna, Austria | (aged 50)
Liane Augustin (18 November 1927 – 30 April 1978) was a German Austrian singer and actress.
Biography[]
Liane Augustin was born in Berlin, Germany in 1927. Her postwar successes as a nightclub singer in the Viennese led to numerous recordings, mostly for the Vanguard label; she was often joined by her regular accompanists, the Boheme Bar Trio, which included as pianist, on guitar, and as bassist. She also made frequent radio broadcasts and a number of international live performances.
She was chosen to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" (The Whole World Needs Love). The song finished 5th out of 10 songs, and gained a total of 8 points.
She died in 1978, in Vienna, and was memorialized on 26 May 2009 as a co-namesake with Marx Augustin of the in Vienna, a public square bounded by the Neustiftgasse, Kirchengasse and Kellermanngasse.
Filmography[]
- (1953)
- Lavender (1953)
- The Red Prince (1954)
- ...und wer küßt mich? (1956)
- (1956)
- (1962)
See also[]
References[]
- R. E. B, Liane. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
- Feier zur Benennung des Augustinplatzes. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
External links[]
- 1928 births
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Austria
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1958
- 1978 deaths
- 20th-century German singers
- 20th-century German women singers
- Nightclub performers
- Eurovision Song Contest stubs
- German singer stubs