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Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria
About Edith Leyrer
- Edith Leyrer (born 1946) is an Austrian actress.
- She has worked in several theatres in Austria and Germany and is known for her cabaret work.
- She has also appeared in films including the 1968 television film of Robert Stolz's Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blühen. Born in Vienna, Leyrer told her family when she was 3 that she wanted to be an actress.
- She studied dance at the Academy of Music in Vienna (now the University of Music and Performing Arts), debuted as a dancer at the age of 15, replacing an injured soloist, and was engaged by the Saar State Theatre at 16 after only a year of theatrical studies.
- She appeared with Martin Flossmann at the Kabarett "Simpl" in Vienna for 15 years beginning in 1978.In 2009 she published a joke book with Ferdi Besim, proprietor of a Vienna Oriental carpet business.In 2004 she was awarded the Goldenes Verdienstzeichen des Landes Wien by the State of Vienna.
- She is honorary president of Make-A-Wish Austria.
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