Senta Berger born 13 May 1941 is an Austrian film, stage and television actress, producer and author living in Germany. She received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include three Bambi Awards, two Romys, an Adolf Grimme Award, both a Deutscher and a Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, and a Goldene Kamera. Contents 1Early life 2Career 3Memoirs 4Personal life
Margit Carstensen born 29 February 1940 is a German theatre and film actress, best known outside Germany for roles in the works of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Contents 1Theater career 2Film and television 3Awards 4Filmography 5References 6External links Theater career Carstensen, the daughter of a physician, was born and raised in the north-German city of Kiel.
Margarethe von Trotta born 21 February 1942 is a German film director who has been referred to as a “leading force” of the New German Cinema movement. Von Trotta’s extensive body of work has won awards internationally. She was married to and collaborated with director Volker Schlöndorff. Although they made a successful team, von Trotta felt she was seen as secondary
Elke Sommer born Elke Baronin von Schletz, 5 November 1940 is a German actress and artist. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark (1964), the Bob Hope comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966), Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None (1974 film), and a memorable
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No. She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the Bond parody Casino Royale. Her other films include The Southern Star, Fun in
Hedy Lamarr born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; September or November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000 was an American actress, inventor, and film producer. She appeared in 30 films over a 28-year career, and co-invented an early version of frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication for torpedo guidance. Lamarr was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, and acted in a number of Austrian, German,
Marguerita Maria “Mady” Christians January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951 was an Austrian-born German actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period. Contents 1Biography 2Blacklisting 3Death 4Selected filmography 5References 6External links Biography Mady Christians and Paul Lukas in the original Broadway production
Hannelore Emilie Käte Grete Schroth 10 January 1922 – 7 July 1987 was a German film, stage, and television actress whose career spanned over five decades. Contents 1Career 2Awards 3Personal life 4Partial filmography 5References 6External links Career Born in Berlin in 1922, she was the daughter of popular stage and film actors Heinrich Schroth and Käthe Haack. Her older half-brother
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef 28 December 1925 – 1 February 2002 was a German actress, voice actress, singer, and writer. She was billed in some English-language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff. Contents 1Early years 2United States 3Chanteuse 4Publications 5Family 6Death 7Selected filmography 8Further reading 9References 10External links Early years Hildegard Knef was born in Ulm. Her
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Contents 1Biography 1.1Death 2Legacy 3Selected filmography 4Literature 5References 6External links Biography Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt’s Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with Freie Fahrt (1928), which attracted her first