Helene Ottilie Thimig (5 June 1889 – 7 November 1974) was an Austrian stage and film actress.

[4] Thimig went into exile in the United States during the Nazi era, and returned to Europe after World War II.

[5] Returning to Vienna from her American exile, she headed the Max Reinhardt Seminar, an acting school, from 1948 to 1954.

She became an ensemble member at Vienna's Burgtheater in 1947; she moved to the Theater in the Josefstadt (her preferred company) in 1954.

[8] She was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering; her ashes are now buried in Neustifter Friedhof in Vienna.