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Christine Kaufmann

11th January 1945 Lengdorf, Styria, Austria Acting

Christine Maria Kaufmann (born January 11, 1945) is a German actress. In 1961 she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress, the only German to be so honoured. Born to a German father and a French mother in Lengdorf, Styria, Kaufmann became a ballerina at the Munich Opera. She started her film career at the age of seven in the 1952 adaptation of Im weißen Rößl (White Horse Inn). The film which brought her fame was Rosen-Resli, released in 1954, when she was only nine. She gained international recognition when she starred with Steve Reeves in The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) and with Kirk Douglas in Town Without Pity (1961). The following year she appeared in Escape from East Berlin. In 1963 Kaufmann married Tony Curtis, whom she had met during the filming of Taras Bulba (1962). They had two daughters, Alexandra (born July 19, 1964) and Allegra (born July 11, 1966). They divorced in 1968. Kaufmann resumed her career, which she had interrupted during her marriage. Kaufmann is also a successful businesswoman, promoting her own cosmetics products line that sells well in Germany. She has written several books about beauty and health, as well as two autobiographies. She speaks three languages: German, English, and French. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christine Kaufmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

65 Movies 37 TV Shows 151 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Stille poster
Stille 13th February 2013 as Adele Vio
The Swing poster
The Swing 14th October 1983 as Mme. Lautenschlag
Lola poster
Lola 20th August 1981 as Susi
Balko poster
Balko 19th March 1995 as Frederike Kogel
DAS! poster
DAS! 2nd January 1991 as Self
Derrick poster
Derrick 20th October 1974 as Marion Kless