In 1935 was in Vienna- in the 19th district, Döbling-, the Hansi-Niese-Gasse named after her, and in 1955, in the 13th district, Hietzing, not far from her childhood domicile the Hansi-Niese-way was also named after her.
During an engagement at the Berliner Thaliatheater she met director and actor Josef Jarno. They got married in 1899.
She conquered the theater world from 1890 as a acting natural without an acting education and she toured through Germany and Austria.
After 1899 she went to the Theater in der Josefstadt where she had her greatest successes.