As per our current Database, Liesl Handl has been died on 27 March, 1996 at Beverly Hills, California, USA.
When Liesl Handl die, Liesl Handl was 79 years old.
| Popular As | Liesl Handl |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | 79 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | October 29, 1917 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]) |
| Birthday | October 29 |
| Town/City | Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] |
| Nationality | Austria-Hungary [now Austria] |
Liesl Handl’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Liesl Handl was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Elisabeth (Liesl) Handl, a young Austrian dancer-turned actress, married Austrian comedy writer-producer Walter Reisch, whose greatest Viennese film success was Maskerade (1934). In that very popular comedy, star Paula Wessely played a prim secretary named Leopoldine "Poldi" Dur, whose (fictional) name happens to coincide with the equally fictional name of a scandalous nude model -- leading to numerous misunderstandings and complications.
In 1938 Mr & Mrs Reisch moved to the USA, where he enjoyed considerable success as a writer (Ninotchka) and later producer. His wife, nee Elisabeth Handl, acted small roles in a few Hollywood films, 1941-44, usually as young foreign-accented women (in one she played Hitler's niece).
But for this second career, in the USA, Elisabeth (Handl) Reisch changed her name to "Poldi Dur" -- which the Reisches had lifted from the heroine of Reisch's 1934 Maskerade! (Perhaps they were trying to avoid confusion with the established actress Elissa Landi.
)Just think, if Reisch had remade Maskerade in Hollywood, with his wife playing the lead role, we would have been been confronted with the mind-boggling casting of actress "Poldi Dur" playing the character "Poldi Dur".
