Hedwig Bleibtreu

Hedwig Bleibtreu was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1919 to 1952. Bleibtreu is perhaps best known to international audiences as Alida Valli's furious landlady in Carol Reed's 1949 film The Third Man. From 1893 to 1956, she played at the Burgtheater in Vienna. She was married to the actor and theatre director Peter Petersen. Hedwig Bleibtreu is the great-aunt of actress Monica Bleibtreu, and the great-great-aunt of Monica's son actor Moritz Bleibtreu.