Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (; 28 December 19251 February 2002) was a German actress, voice actress, singer, and writer.
was hurt because of her nude scenes in the German film Die Sünderin (1950) and because at the age of 19 she fell in love with a Nazi. Finally, in 1955, Knef was offered a starring role in the Broadway musical Silk Stockings by Cole Porter, which was based on the 1939 film Ninotchka, which had starred Greta Garbo in the title role.
Knef began studying acting at age 14 in 1940.
Von Demandowsky was executed by the Russians on 7 October 1946, but before that he secured for Knef the protection of the well-known character actor Viktor de Kowa in Berlin.
Her first marriage was in 1947 to Kurt Hirsch.
In 1948, she received the best-actress award from the Locarno Film Festival because of her role in the film Film Without a Title.
They got divorced in 1952.
was hurt because of her nude scenes in the German film Die Sünderin (1950) and because at the age of 19 she fell in love with a Nazi. Finally, in 1955, Knef was offered a starring role in the Broadway musical Silk Stockings by Cole Porter, which was based on the 1939 film Ninotchka, which had starred Greta Garbo in the title role.
Her successful singing career started in the 1960s once her film career was not going very well.
The New York Times drama critic Brooks Atkinson described her rendition as "an immensely skillful performance." ==Chanteuse== In the 1960s, Knef took a break from acting and started writing song lyrics.
In her peak, entertainment columnist called her the ""willowy blonde" who had "dusty voice" and "generous mouth". In the 1960s and 1970s, she enjoyed considerable success as a singer of German chansons, which she often co-wrote.
The second time she married the actor and record producer David Anthony Palastanga, on 30 June 1962.
She began her new career in 1963 as a singer and surprised her audiences with the deep, smoky quality of her voice and the many lyrics, which she wrote herself.
In her peak, entertainment columnist called her the ""willowy blonde" who had "dusty voice" and "generous mouth". In the 1960s and 1970s, she enjoyed considerable success as a singer of German chansons, which she often co-wrote.
Her autobiography Der geschenkte Gaul: Bericht aus einem Leben (The Gift Horse: Report on a Life, 1970) was a candid recount of her life in Germany during and after the Second World War, and reportedly became the best-selling German book in the post-war years.
Rachel MacKenzie wrote that Knef had her 56th operation, a mastectomy, in Salzburg on 10 August 1973.
Her second book Das Urteil (The Verdict, 1975) was a moderate success, and dealt with her struggle with breast cancer.
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (; 28 December 19251 February 2002) was a German actress, voice actress, singer, and writer.
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