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Götz Kauffmann
Götz Kauffmann
Born	Gottfried Maria Kauffman; 15 January 1949; Vienna, Austria
Died	26 January 2010; Vienna
Occupation(s)	actor:; stage, movie & TV
Spouse	3
Children	1. Clemens; 2. Judith; 3.
Parent	Johann M. Kauffmann (1910-1965)

Götz Kauffmann (15 January 1949 – 26 January 2010) was an Austrian stage, film and television actor, cabaret artist and writer.^[1]

Life

Gottfried Maria Kauffman was born in the fifteenth district of Vienna. His father was the noted Vienna organ builder, Johann M. Kauffmann (1910-1965).^[2] The Kauffmanns had indeed been active in Vienna as organ builders since 1877: between 1964 and 1968 Götz Kauffmann also studied as an apprentice to master the craft.^[1] He then decided to pursue a career not as an organ builder but as an actor and cabaret artist. Kauffmann undertook his drama training at Vienna's Max Reinhardt Seminar where he completed the four-year course in 1972.^[3] Early theatre engagements took him to the Salzburger Landestheater and then, in 1977, to the Raimund Theater and the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.^[4]

He reached a wider audience through appearances in several long running television series such as "Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter" (loosely "You can't knock a true Viennese down", 1975-1979) in which he featured as the concierge, "Kurt Blahovec". There were also "Mozart und Meisel" (1987), in which he played the leading part and "Kaisermühlen Blues" (1992-1999) in which he also took one of the lead roles.^[5] He was also becoming known in film roles, featuring in numerous national and international cinema productions. He played the part of Oskar in "Tales from the Vienna Woods" directed by Maximilian Schell and was a member of the cast of "Verlassen Sie bitte Ihren Mann!" ("Please leave your husband", 1993) directed by Reinhard Schwabenitzky, and starring Reinhard Schwabenitzky's wife, Elfi Eschke, Wolfgang Böck and Helmut Griem. More recently, in 2008, he appeared in "Echte Wiener – Die Sackbauer-Saga" (2008), a successful cinema reprise of the 1970s television series.

Alongside his film career Kauffman continued to sustain his career as a theatre performer, and also pursued his interest in cabaret. In 1980 he founded the "Arge Kabarett" and in 1983 he presented his first solo programme, "Götz-Zitate". During his final years he worked as a freelance performer in Vienna, also reprising various lead roles in the Gloria-Theater.

Götz Kauffmann was honoured with the Goldener Rathausmann award by the city of Vienna. He was also a notable freemason.

His strikingly confessional autobiography, "Meine Abrechnung. Zwischen Kaisermühlen-Blues und Suff", appeared in 1999. It disclosed a sometimes difficult life, featuring three broken marriages, depression and alcohol issues.^[6] For many years he was also badly affected by diabetes.^[5] A few days before he died Kauffmann was able to celebrate his sixty-first birthday, surrounded by colleagues, his three children and his brother. His body is buried in the family grave at the Baumgartner Cemetery (Group K1, Nr. 75) in Vienna.^[7]

Theatre roles (selection)

1970–1972: Die Zwillinge von Venedig, Bauernhof-Theater in Meggenhofen (OÖ)
1970–1972: Das Kaffeehaus von Carlo Goldoni, Bauernhof-Theater in Meggenhofen (OÖ)
1970–1972: Urfaust, Bauernhof-Theater in Meggenhofen (OÖ)
1972: Wie es Euch gefällt (Probstein), Landestheater Salzburg
1972: Wiener Blut (Kagler), Landestheater Salzburg
1972: Lumpazivagabundus (Knieriem), Landestheater Salzburg
1978: Tscharlie der Kegel: Der uneheliche Sohn des Herrn Karl, one person piece by Herwig Seeböck, written for Götz Kauffmann
1978: Der tolle Tag oder die Hochzeit des Figaro, Salzburger Festspiele
1979: Die Heirat, Volkstheater Wien
1980: Die letzten Tag der Menschheit, Wiener Festwochen
1981–1982: Professuren, Theater der Courage
1981–1982: Mir san net aso, Theater in der Drachengasse
1981–1982: Der Talisman, Theater in der Josefstadt
1981–1982: Liliom, Theater in der Josefstadt
1985–1986: Turnhalle, Theater in der Drachengasse
1989: Das vierte Gebot, Sommerfestspiele Berndorf/Stadttheater
1990: Haben Sie nichts zu verzollen, Theater in der Josefstadt
1991: Orpheus in der Unterwelt, Wiener Kammeroper
2005: Wiener Blut, Musik Theater Schönbrunn
2007: Die Fledermaus, Musik Theater Schönbrunn

Film roles (selection)

1971: Tatort - Mordverdacht, at that times till identified as Gottfried Kauffmann
1975–1979: Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
1976: Die Alpensaga, Teil 1 – Liebe im Dorf
1977: Tatort – Der vergessene Mord
1977: Die Alpensaga, Teil 3 – Das große Fest
1978: Aus dem Leben eines Dicken
1978: Singles
1979: Tales from the Vienna Woods
1980: Car-napping
1981: Kottan ermittelt – Die Beförderung
1984: Non-Stop Trouble with My Double [de]
1987: Mozart und Meisel
1992–1999: Kaisermühlen Blues
1993: Verlassen Sie bitte Ihren Mann!
1993: Die Rebellion
1995: Schwarze Tage
1995: Tödliche Liebe
1995: El Chicko – der Verdacht
1996: Der See
1996: Hochwürdens Ärger mit dem Paradies [de]
1999: Fink fährt ab
2001–2002: Dolce Vita & Co
2001: Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
2008: Echte Wiener – Die Sackbauer-Saga [de]

Cabaret (selection)

1977: Stichwort über …
1983: Götz-Zitate (first solo programme)
1987: Aber der Kopf is’ no oben
1988: Geschafft
1988: Duell/Duett
1988: Alles Theater
1991: Mir stinkt’s
1999: Tick Tak Talk
1999: Warten auf die Talkshow

Books

Meine Abrechnung. Zwischen Kaisermühlen-Blues und Suff. Ueberreuter, Wien 1999. ISBN 3800037351
Küss die Hand? Mein Wiener Wörterbuch. Verlag 66, Amstetten 2003. ISBN 3902211067

References

^ ^a ^b "Schauspieler Götz Kauffmann 61-jährig gestorben". Der Schauspieler Götz Kauffmann ist im Alter von 61 Jahren in Wien gestorben. Kauffmann wird dem österreichischen TV-Publikum als SP-Bezirksrat Gneisser aus dem "Kaisermühlen Blues" und als Mundls bester Freund Kurti in der Original-Serie "Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter" unvergessen bleiben. Krone Multimedia GmbH & Co KG, Wien. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "Nachruf: Götz Kauffmann 1949-2010". Der Wiener Schauspieler erlag den Folgen schwerer Erkrankungen. "Die Presse" Verlags-Gesellschaft m.b.H., Wien. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "Er war ein "echter Wiener": Götz Kauffmann ist tot". Er spielte zwar nicht den “Mundl”, aber auch Götz Kauffmann punktete mit echtem Wiener Schmäh: Als SP-Bezirksrat Gneisser lieferte sich der Schauspieler in der TV-Serie “Kaisermühlen Blues” hitzige Gefechte mit seinem VP-Kollegen. Russmedia Digital GmbH (Vienna online), Wien. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "Volksschauspieler Götz Kauffmann tot: Beliebter Wiener Darsteller stirbt mit 61". Bekannt aus "Mundl" und dem "Kaisermühlen Blues" Kauffmann litt an mehreren schweren Krankheiten. news networld internetservice GmbH, Wien. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Götz Kauffmann 61-jährig gestorben". Der Wiener Schauspieler wurde durch TV-Serien wie "Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter" und "Kaisermühlen-Blues" bekannt. STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., Wien. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^ Götz Kauffmann (January 1999). Meine Abrechnung: Zwischen Kaisermühlen-Blues und Suff. Wirtschaftsverlag Ueberreuter. ISBN 978-3-800-03735-3.
^ "Kauffmann Götz: Kabarettist, Schauspieler, 1949 - 2010 .... Gruppe K 1, Reihe 2, Nr. 75". Gräber Baumgartner Friedhof. Hedwig Abraham, Fremdenführerin, Wien. Retrieved 10 December 2017.