Hildegard Knef, German actress, 50th birthday
Mar. 27 50 Birthday of Hildegard Knef on December 28th 1975 : On December 28th 1975, the German actress, singer and author Hildegard Knef (photo) will become 50. Born in Ulm, but then having moved to Berlin, she played in some German films after world war II (The murderers are amongst us, Between yesterday and tomorrow, Film without a title), then signed a contract for filming in Hollywood known by the film The Sinner in which she appeared nude ( 1951), she both made films in Europe and America. 1955 she was a big success in the Broadway musical The silk stockings'. But then Hildegard Knef started a second career - as a singer, mostly songs written by herself, She also wrote a book The Judgment which caused a big stir. Recently she was filming in Berlin again, playing the main role in Everybody dies by himself
