Karlheinz Böhm

Actor and humanitarian Karlheinz Böhm died aged 86 near Salzburg. He was born March 16th 1928 in Darmstadt, Germany. His father was the world-famous conductor Karl Böhm. Karlheinz Böhm died aged 86 after a long illness at his home in Grödig, near Salzburg late Thursday, a spokesperson from his aid organization announced on Friday.

Bohm is also survived by five children from his previous marriages. Grödig , Austria Occupation Actor Years active 1948-2014 Spouse(s) Elisabeth Zonewa (1954–1957) 1 Child Böhm was actively involved in charitable work in Ethiopia, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize Böhm was also the founder of the aid organization Menschen für Menschen, or People for People. The charity helps people in need in Ethiopia and has been led for some years by his Ethiopian wife, Almaz. Last December, she gave up her position as CEO of the organization in order to care for her husband. From former President Gerald R. Ford to the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, longtime Detroit News photographer Ricardo Thomas always brought out the best in his subjects.

He was critically acclaimed for his performance as a very English psychopath – the cameraman-killer in Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom “Peeping Tom”. The actor played in over 45 films including Hollywood roles like Jakob Grimm in MGM’s “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” and Beethoven in the Walt Disney film “The Magnificent Rebel”. Bohm's international breakthrough came playing opposite Romy Schneider as Austrian kaiser Franz Joseph in the historic melodrama Sissi (1955). The film was a global hit and spawned two sequels. Their success led to international offers, including the leading role in Michael Powell 's serial killer classic Peeping Tom (1960), where he plays the creepy, cinematic voyeur Mark Lewis.

Shooting to stardom as the male lead to Romy Schneider’s empress Elisabeth called Sissi in the post-war trilogy by the same name, he also starred four Fassbinder movies, but actor Karl-Heinz Böhm also had a lot more to offer. His heart beat for Africa and he not only found his love and wife Almaz there, but also founded the charity “Menschen für Menschen” – Humans for Humans. Bohm is survived by wife Almaz Teshome and five children from previous marriages. One of the most intriguing personalities to come out of Detroit in the 1930s might just be Herb Jeffries. He also might be one of the most forgotten. Later, Bohm turned to philanthropy and charitable work and, in, founded Menschen für Menschen

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