Christine Kaufmann

Christine Maria Kaufmann (German: [kʁɪsˈtiː.nə ˈkaʊ̯fˌman] (listen); 11 January 1945 – 28 March 2017) was a German-Austrian[1] actress, author, and businesswoman. The daughter of a German father and a French mother, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for Town Without Pity in 1961, the first German to be so honoured.

This article is about the actress. For the Montana state senator, see Christine Kaufmann (politician).
Christine Kaufmann
Kaufmann in 2013
Born
Christine Maria Kaufmann

(1945-01-11)11 January 1945
Lengdorf, Styria, Austria
Died28 March 2017(2017-03-28) (aged 72)
Munich, Germany
OccupationActress, author, businesswoman
Years active1952–2017
Spouse(s)
    ​
    (
    m. 1963; div. 1968)
      Achim Lenz
      ​
      (
      m. 1974; div. 1976)
        Reno Eckstein
        ​
        (
        m. 1979; div. 1982)
          Klaus Zey
          ​
          (
          m. 1997; div. 2011)
          Children2, including Allegra Curtis

          Life and career

          Kaufmann was born in Lengdorf, Styria, Austria, then part of Nazi Germany. Her mother, Geneviève Kaufmann (née Gavaert), was a French make-up artist; her father, Johannes Kaufmann, was a German Luftwaffe officer and engineer.[2]

          Growing up in Munich, Bavaria, Kaufmann became a ballerina at the Munich Opera. She began her film career at the age of seven in The White Horse Inn (1952) and appeared as a lead actress in Der Schweigende Engel the same year, but gained big attention with Rose-Girl Resli in 1954. She achieved 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 and with future husband Tony Curtis in Taras Bulba.

          Kaufmann resumed her career, which she had interrupted during her marriage with Curtis, notably with supporting roles in the Rainer Werner Fassbinder films Lili Marleen and Lola. She often worked with German director Helmut Dietl, for example in the satirical television series Monaco Franze – Der ewige Stenz. In 1987, she played a glamorous tattoo artist in the cult classic Bagdad Cafe, an offbeat comedy set in a desolate truck stop cafe and motel in the Mojave Desert. Her last role was Aunt Polly in the American film Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2014), co-starring Jake T. Austin and Val Kilmer.

          In her later years, Kaufmann was also a successful businesswoman; she promoted her own line of cosmetics products that sold well in Germany. From her 40s until her death, the media often called Kaufmann the "most beautiful grandmother in Germany".[3][4][5] She wrote several books about beauty and health, as well as two autobiographies.

          Personal life

          At age 18 in 1963, Kaufmann married her Taras Bulba-co star Tony Curtis. They had two daughters, Alexandra (born 19 July 1964) and Allegra (born 11 July 1966). The couple divorced in 1968. Kaufmann married three more times: to television director Achim Lenz (1974–76), musician and actor Reno Eckstein (1979–1982) and illustrator Klaus Zey (1997–2011).[6] On German television, Kaufmann admitted to having an affair with Warren Beatty.[7][8]

          Kaufmann enjoyed traveling. She moved from one place to another frequently—a pattern that she believed she had inherited from her Circassian forefathers.[9] She spoke three languages: German, English, and French.

          Kaufmann died of leukaemia in Munich at age 72 on 28 March 2017, only a few days after she had been diagnosed with the disease.[10][11]

          Filmography
          Christine Kaufmann in 2014

          Film
          Year Title Role Notes
          1952 Im Weissen Rössl Uncredited
          1953 Prosecutor Corda Berta Neidhart
          1953 Salto Mortale Dascha
          1953 The Monastery's Hunter Vronerl
          1954 Rose-Girl Resli Resli
          1954 Der schweigende Engel Angelika Helmer
          1955 When the Alpine Roses Bloom Christine
          1956 Ein Herz schlägt für Erika Erika Kayser
          1956 Die Stimme der Sehnsucht Eva
          1957 The Winemaker of Langenlois Christl
          1957 Widower with Five Daughters Ulla Scherzer
          1958 Mädchen in Uniform Mia
          1958 Die singenden Engel von Tirol Evi Kramer
          1958 Embezzled Heaven Doris
          1959 First Love Silvia
          1959 Alle lieben Peter Kitty Steiner
          1959 Winter Holidays Florence
          1959 The Last Days of Pompeii Elena / Ione
          1960 The Fabulous Fraud Christine Wilkens
          1960 Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today Gabriella Cocozza
          1960 Red Lips Baby
          1960 The Last Pedestrian Christine Cornelius
          1961 Constantine and the Cross Livia
          1961 Town Without Pity Karin Steinhof
          1961 Via Mala Sylvia Lauretz
          1961 A Man Named Rocca Geneviève Adé
          1961 The Phony American Inge
          1962 Swordsman of Siena Serenella Arconti
          1962 Tunnel 28 Erika Jurgens
          1962 Terror After Midnight Julie Elgin
          1962 Taras Bulba Natalia Dubrov
          1964 Wild and Wonderful Giselle Ponchon
          1969 Komm, süßer Tod La Contessa
          1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue Madeleine Charron
          1972 Der Tod der Maria Malibran
          1973 Willow Springs Christine
          1974 Zum Abschied Chrysanthemen
          1976 Auf Biegen oder Brechen
          1976 As of Tomorrow Vicky
          1976 Goldflocken
          1978 Red Rings of Fear Christina
          1979 It Can Only Get Worse Violetta Schimpf
          1980 Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment Edith Harms
          1981 Lili Marleen Miriam
          1981 Lola Susi
          1981 Day of the Idiots Ruth
          1983 Das Gold der Liebe Patricias Mutter Uncredited
          1983 The Roaring Fifties Natascha
          1983 Ziemlich weit weg
          1983 Die Schaukel Mme. Lautenschlag
          1983 Pankow '95 Laura Zart
          1987 Bagdad Cafe Debby
          1989 The Story Teller Clara Lilienthal
          1989 Hard to Be a God Okana
          1994 The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave Annie Kramer
          1998 Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar! Karin Wolters
          1998 Die Schläfer Stationsleiterin
          2002 Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 Newssprecherin
          2011 Fahr zur Hölle Lilith
          2014 Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Aunt Polly (final film role)

          Television
          Year Title Role Notes
          1970 Bend Sinister Mariette TV film
          1970 Wie ein Blitz Diana Valesco TV miniseries
          1971 Gestrickte Spuren Fanny Elßler TV film
          1972 Der Kommissar Eva Raßner "Traum eines Wahnsinnigen"
          1973 Immobilien Jasmin Strothmann TV film
          1974 Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin Gisela Pahl "Der gußeiserne Buddha", "Bankdirektor Alba"
          1975 Burning Daylight Margret 'Labiskwee' "Vierauge"
          1977 Derrick Marion Kless "Hals in der Schlinge"
          1978 Das Männerquartett Nina Huf TV film
          1979 Le comte de Monte-Cristo Mme. Danglars TV miniseries
          1979 Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions Mme. Hosten-Lamothe TV miniseries
          1979 Der ganz normale Wahnsinn Violetta Schimpf "Drittes Kapitel", "Zweites Kapitel", "Sechstes Kapitel"
          1982 Wonderful, Wonderful Times Frau von Pachthofen TV film
          1983 Monaco Franze – Der ewige Stenz Olga Behrens Main role
          1983 Inflation im Paradies Laverne Schuhmann TV film
          1987 Die Insel Margit TV film
          1988 Julius Caesar Portia TV film
          1990–1991 Wenn das die Nachbarn wüßten Kaufhausdirektorin TV series
          1993 Glückliche Reis Felicitas von Feilitz "Ibiza"
          1993 Missione d'amore Valery TV miniseries
          1993 Das Double Jutta Eck TV film
          1994 Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet Maja Kunert TV series
          1994 Birkenhof & Lerchenau Theres TV film
          1995 Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall Frau Jensen "Stubbe sieht rot"
          1995 Weihnachten mit Willy Wuff II - Eine Mama für Lieschen Gräfin TV film
          1996 Balko Frederike Kogel "Ein Toter zuwenig"
          1997 Parkhotel Stern Oksana Olejewa "Entscheidungen"
          1998 A.S. Nadja Seewald "Das Tier"
          1998 Höllische Nachbarn Ingelore Merk TV film
          1998 Für alle Fälle Stefanie Frau von Drossel "Goldene Regeln"
          1999 Einsatz Hamburg Süd Frau Duenser "Trau keinem!"
          2000 SOKO München Margit Finneisen "Das Rendezvous"
          2003 Club der Träume - Türkei, Marmaris Adlaya TV film
          2007 Die ProSieben Märchenstunde Tante Hortensie "Aschenputtel - Für eine Handvoll Tauben"
          2008 Im Namen des Gesetzes Frau Meyer-Arndt "Dunkle Ahnung"
          2008 Love Trip Home Marianne Forster TV film
          2012 Heiter bis tödlich - Fuchs und Gans Diana Bootz "Eierdiebe"
          2013 Stille Adele Vio TV film
          2013 Tiere bis unters Dach Frau von Werther "Die Millionenkatze"
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          References
          1. „Christine Kaufmann über die Entführung ihrer Töchter in T-online (Retrieved at 28. March 2017)
          2. "Das Doppelleben der Christine Kaufmann" [The double life of Christine Kaufmann]. RP Online (in German). Frankfurt am Main. 2005. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
          3. Kaufmann, Christine (2012). "Der Sex-Appeal der schönsten Großmutter Deutschlands". ChristineKaufmann. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
          4. Kraft, Katja (2015). "Christine Kaufmann – Deutschlands schönste Oma wird 70" [Christine Kaufmann – Germany's most beautiful grandmother turns 70]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
          5. "Deutschlands berühmte Großmütter" [Germany's famous grandmothers]. Die Welt (in German). Berlin. 11 June 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
          6. http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/film/christine_kaufmann_e020000.htm
          7. Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! ZDF, November 1, 2014.
          8. von Mutius, Franziska (2014). "Christine Kaufmann schreibt Hollywood-Affären" [Christine Kaufmann writes Hollywood affairs]. Bild (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
          9. Hinkofer, Christine (2014). "Christine Kaufmann: Die Lust und Last zu reisen" (Interview) (in German). Interviewed by Christine Kaufmann. Munich. Retrieved 11 July 2015. Ich habe eine Urgroßmutter, die war Tscherkessin.
          10. http://beta.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-christine-kaufmann-20170328-story.html%5B%5D
          11. https://www.tz.de/stars/muenchnerin-soll-um-ihr-leben-ringen-leukaemie-drama-um-schauspiel-legende-christine-kaufmann-8008685.html
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