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Christine Kaufmann
Actor
Died March 28, 2017 (72 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2014 | Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn · as Aunt Polly |
| 2013 | Stille · as Adele Vio |
| 2012 | Cheerful to deadly - Fox and Goose (TV Series) · as Diana Bootz |
| 2011 | Fahr zur Hölle · as Lilith |
| 2010 | Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today · as Party Guest |
| 2010 | Tiere bis unters Dach (TV Series) · as Frau Von Werther |
| 2008 | Love Trip Home · as Marianne Forster |
| 2006 | The Hour of Fairytales (TV Series) · as Tante Hortensie |
| 2002 | Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 · as Newssprecherin |
| 1998 | Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar! · as Karin Wolters |
| 1995 | Stubbe - case by case (TV Series) · as Frau Jensen |
| 1995 | The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave · as Annie Kramer |
| 1995 | Für alle Fälle Stefanie (TV Series) · as Frau Von Drossel |
| 1995 | Balko (TV Series) · as Frederike Kogel |
| 1995 | A.S. - Gefahr ist sein Geschäft (TV Series) · as Nadja Seewald |
| 1994 | Weihnachten mit Willy Wuff · as Gräfin |
| 1994 | Im Namen des Gesetzes (TV Series) · as Frau Meyer-Arndt |
| 1992 | Glückliche Reise (TV Series) · as Felicitas Von Feilitz |
| 1989 | Hard to Be a God · as Okana |
| 1988 | Katts and Dog (TV Series) · as Mrs. Katts |
| 1988 | Lorentz & Söhne (TV Series) · as Corinna Von Hauschild |
| 1987 | Bagdad Cafe · as Debby |
| 1983 | Pankow '95 · as Laura Zart |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | The Roaring Fifties · as Natascha |
| 1983 | Inflation im Paradies · as Laverne Schuhmann (segment "testschock") |
| 1983 | Monaco Franze (TV Series) · as Olga Behrens |
| 1983 | The Gold of Love · as Patricias Mutter |
| 1982 | The Excluded · as Ms. Pachthofen |
| 1981 | Lola · as Susi |
| 1981 | Day of the Idiots · as Ruth |
| 1981 | Lili Marleen · as Miriam |
| 1980 | Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment · as Edith Harms-Schiele |
| 1979 | The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series) · as Hermine Danglars |
| 1979 | The Ordinary Madness (TV Series) · as Violetta |
| 1978 | Red Rings of Fear · as Christina, Di Salvo's Girlfriend |
| 1978 | SOKO 5113 (TV Series) · as Margit Finneisen |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | As of Tomorrow · as Sekretärin |
| 1975 | Lockruf des Goldes (TV Series) · as Labiskwee |
| 1974 | Derrick (TV Series) · as Marion Kless |
| 1973 | World on a Wire (TV Series) · as Party Guest |
| 1973 | Willow Springs · as Christine |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | Gestrickte Spuren · as Fanny Elßler |
| 1971 | Murders in the Rue Morgue · as Madeleine Charron |
| 1970 | Wie ein Blitz (TV Series) · as Diana Valesco |
| 1969 | Komm, süßer Tod · as La Contessa |
| 1969 | The Commissioner (TV Series) · as Eva Raßner |
| 1964 | Wild and Wonderful · as Giselle Ponchon |
| 1962 | Taras Bulba · as Natalia Dubrov |
| 1962 | Escape from East Berlin · as Erika Jürgens |
| 1962 | Swordsman of Siena · as Serenella Arconti |
| 1961 | The Phony American · as Inge |
| 1961 | Man Called Rocca · as Geneviève Adé |
| 1961 | Town Without Pity · as Karin Steinhof |
| 1961 | Via Mala · as Sylvia Lauretz |
| 1961 | Constantine and the Cross · as Livia |
| 1960 | The Last Pedestrian · as Christine Cornelius |
| 1960 | Red Lips · as Baby |
| 1960 | Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi · as Gabriella Cocozza |
| 1959 | First Love · as Silvia |
| 1959 | The Last Days of Pompeii · as Elena / Ione |
| 1959 | Vacanze d'inverno · as Florence |
| 1959 | Everybody Loves Peter · as Kitty Steiner |
| 1958 | Mädchen in Uniform · as Mia |
| 1958 | Embezzled Heaven · as Doris |
| 1958 | Sag ja, Mutti · as Evi Kramer |
| 1957 | Die Winzerin von Langenlois · as Christel |
| 1957 | Widower with 5 Daughters · as Ulla Scherzer |
| 1956 | Die Stimme der Sehnsucht · as Eva |
| 1955 | Wenn die Alpenrosen blüh'n · as Christine |
| 1954 | Rosen-Resli · as Resli |
| 1953 | The Monastery's Hunter · as Vronerl |
| 1952 | Im Weissen Rössl · as Child |