Christine Kaufmann
Born January 11, 1945 (Age: 81)
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Lengdorf, Styria, Austria
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Haider lebt - 1. April 2021
2002
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as Newssprecherin
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Age: 57
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Höllische Nachbarn - Nur Frauen sind schlimmer
2000
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as Ingelore Merk
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Age: 55
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Die Schläfer
1998
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as Stationsleiterin
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Age: 53
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Höllische Nachbarn
1998
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as Ingelore Merk
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Age: 53
Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!
1998
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as Karin Wolters
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Age: 53
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Das Double
1993
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as Jutta Eck
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Age: 48
Hard to Be a God
1990
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as Okana
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Age: 45
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Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"
1990
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as Self
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Age: 45
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The Story Teller
1989
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as Clara Lilienthal
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Age: 44
Julius Caesar
1988
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as Portia
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Age: 43
Bagdad Cafe
1987
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as Debby
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Age: 42
Day of the Idiots
1981
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as Ruth
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Age: 36
Lola
1981
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as Susi
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Age: 36
Lili Marleen
1981
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as Miriam
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Age: 36
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment
1980
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as Edith Harms-Schiele
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Age: 35
Rings of Fear
1978
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as Christina, Di Salvo's girlfriend
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Age: 33
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Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
1978
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as
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Age: 33
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Das Männerquartett
1978
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as Nina Huf
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Age: 33
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Zum Abschied Chrysanthemen
1974
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as
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Age: 29
Willow Springs
1973
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as Christine
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Age: 28
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Immobilien
1973
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as Jasmin Strothmann
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Age: 28
The Death of Maria Malibran
1972
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as
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Age: 27
Love Birds
1969
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as La Contessa
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Age: 24
Wild and Wonderful
1964
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as Giselle Ponchon
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Age: 19
Taras Bulba
1962
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as Natalia Dubrov
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Age: 17
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90 Minuten nach Mitternacht
1962
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as Julie Elgin
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Age: 17
Escape from East Berlin
1962
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as Erika Jürgens
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Age: 17
The Swordsman of Siena
1962
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as Serenella Arconti
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Age: 17
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Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour
1961
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as Inge
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Age: 16
A Man Named Rocca
1961
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as Geneviève Adé
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Age: 16
Town Without Pity
1961
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as Karin Steinhof
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Age: 16
Via Mala
1961
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as Sylvia Lauretz
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Age: 16
Constantine and the Cross
1961
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as Livia
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Age: 16
The Last Pedestrian
1960
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as Christine Cornelius
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Age: 15
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
1960
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as Gabriella Cocozza
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Age: 15
Un trono para Cristy
1960
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as Christine Wilkens
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Age: 15
Red Lips
1960
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as Baby
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Age: 15
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
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as Elena / Ione
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Age: 14
Winter Holidays
1959
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as Florence
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Age: 14
Alle lieben Peter
1959
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as Kitty Steiner
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Age: 14
First Love
1959
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as Silvia
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Age: 14
Embezzled Heaven
1958
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as Doris
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Age: 13
Die singenden Engel von Tirol
1958
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as Evi Kramer
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Age: 13
Girls in Uniform
1958
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as Mia
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Age: 13
Die Stimme der Sehnsucht
1956
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as Eva
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Age: 11
Ein Herz schlägt für Erika
1956
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as Erika Kayser
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Age: 11
Wenn die Alpenrosen blüh'n
1955
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as Christine
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Age: 10
Salto Mortale
1954
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as Dascha
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Age: 9
Der schweigende Engel
1954
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as Angelika Helmer
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Age: 9
Rosen-Resli
1954
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as Resli
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Age: 9
Der Klosterjäger
1953
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as Vronerl
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Age: 8
Staatsanwältin Corda
1953
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as Berta Neidhart
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Age: 8