[1] Elsie Altmann starred as Lisa in the original production of Emmerich Kálmán’s operetta Gräfin Mariza at Theater an der Wien in 1924.

[2] Altmann's dance "projected [an] image of cheerfulness, reinforced by an elegant taste for Biedermeyer-style costumes".

But all of a sudden, he finds that I don’t have sex appeal, and moreover, that my legs are too short.

So Loos decided to take me to a surgeon who would break my two legs and elongate them[3]The pair divorced in 1926.

Altmann continued her professional connection with Kálmán, playing Princess Rosemarie Sonjuschka Die Herzogin von Chicago, which premiered at Theater an der Wien in 1928.