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Walter Surovy (sometimes spelled Szurovy; 28 May 1910 in Vienna – 4 November 2001 in Manhattan, New York City) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in leading roles at the Theater in der Josefstadt, the Salzburg Festival, and the Neues Deutsches Theater.
Walter Szurovy. Actor: To Have and Have Not. Austrian-born Walter Szurovy began his acting career on the Vienna stage, and played in Karlsbad, Iglau, Maehrisch Ostrau and in 1937 at the Theater in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- January 1, 1
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Nov 7, 2001 · The Metropolitan Opera mourns with profound sadness the death of our very dear friend, Walter Surovy, the beloved husband of Managing Director, Rise Stevens. An elegant gentleman, he was a...
Walter Szurovy. Actor: To Have and Have Not. Austrian-born Walter Szurovy began his acting career on the Vienna stage, and played in Karlsbad, Iglau, Maehrisch Ostrau and in 1937 at the Theater in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- May 28, 1910
- November 4, 2001
In 1939, Stevens married Walter Surovy, an Austrian stage and screen actor she met during her European years, after he fled the Nazis to New York. One likely display of Surovy's finesse with publicity was the fact that Stevens' voice was insured by Lloyd's of London in 1945 for $1 million.
Among the more successful teams: ¶Vienna-born Walter Surovy was a matinee idol in prewar Prague when he met Bronx-born Mezzo-Soprano Rise Stevens, then barely launched on her...
Her husband, Walter Surovy, a Hungarian actor whom she married in 1939, and who later managed her career, died in 2001. She is survived by her son, Nicolas Surovy (Group 3), and a granddaughter. Risë Stevens had the title role in Juilliard’s production of Orpheus (above).
