Reinhardt's greatest lead actor and the man who created the role of Jedermann (Everyman) in the very first Salzburg Festival performance on Domplatz in August 1920. One of the few actors whose performance literally inaugurated a cultural institution.

Played Liesl von Trapp, "sixteen going on seventeen," in The Sound of Music (1965). Most associated with the gazebo scene, now permanently housed at Hellbrunn Palace. She visited Salzburg on multiple occasions and became one of the most recognisable ambassadors the film ever produced. Her memoir Forever Liesl (1999). Died in 2016 at 73.

Played Captain Georg von Trapp opposite Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music (1965). Famously disliked the film, reportedly calling it "The Sound of Mucus." Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Beginners (2011) at 82, the oldest competitive Oscar winner in history.

The actress whose performance in The Sound of Music (1965) is responsible, more than any other single event, for Salzburg's status as one of the world's most visited tourist destinations. Her opening sequence on the Untersberg meadow, arms outstretched, is one of the most recognised images in cinema.

One of the most acclaimed Austrian actors, born in Bad Aussee in the Salzkammergut. International fame through Mephisto (1981, Academy Award), Never Say Never Again (1983), and Out of Africa (1985). A major figure at the Salzburg Festival in spoken theatre.

The face of Austrian imperial romanticism for global audiences. Romy Schneider rose to worldwide fame playing Empress Elisabeth in the Sissi trilogy (1955-1957). She grew up in the Berchtesgaden-Salzburg border region and attended boarding school at Goldenstein Castle near Salzburg. She later reinvented herself in France as a serious dramatic actress.