1914 - 2014

After an education as a ballet dancer she studied at the Vienna Musik- and Kunst-Akademie. Finally followed first theater engagements in Marienbad and Leipzig. When she came to Berlin this marked the beginning of a successful film career.

She made her film debut with "Schloss Hubertus" (34) and in the next years she took part in many important movies. To her well-known movies of the 30's belong "Fürst Woronzeff" (34), "Das Mädchen vom Moorhof" (35), "Das Schweigen im Walde" (37), "Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war" (37) and "Waldrausch (39).

Her activities in movies dropped of during the war. She impersonated roles in "Das sündige Dorf" (40), "Venus vor Gericht" (41) and "Das war mein Leben" (44).
In 1940 she got married with the actor Viktor Staal, with whom she kept engaged till his death. During wartime the couple was a member of the German-Austrian Anti-Nazi underground.

She was reputed to be a successful actress in movies with regional background before the war which had a favorable effect for her roles after the war. The movies with regional background experienced the height of its popularity in the 50's and the offers for Hansi Knoteck were more or less limited to this genre.
To her movies of the 50's belong "Die fidele Tankstelle" (50), "Heimat, deine Sterne" (51), "Haus des Lebens" (52) and "Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld" (55).
Hansi Knoteck made a short comeback in the 70's with the movie "Der Jäger von Fall" (74), after that she retired from the film business.
 

Other movies with Hansi Knoteck:
Der Zigeunerbaron (35) Die Heilige und ihr Narr (35) Waldwinter (36) Inkognito (36) Ritt in die Freiheit (37) Wenn Frauen schweigen (37) Das schöne Fräulein Schragg (37) Das Schweigen im Walde (37) Brillanten (37) Gewitter im Mai (38) Prinzessin Sissy/Prinzessin Wildfang (38) Der Edelweisskönig (38) Heimatland (39) Les risque-tout (40) Der laufende Berg (41) Im Schatten des Berges (40) Die Erbin vom Rosenhof (42) Frühlingsmelodie (45) Leckerbissen (48) Grenzstation 58 (51) Der Jägerloisl vom Tegernsee (51) Heimatglocken (52) Am Anfang war es Sünde (54) Der dunkle Stern (55)