Zarah Leander
Born: 1907-03-15 in Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
Died: 1981-06-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Zarah Leander (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sa.ʁa leː.ˈʔan.dɐ]; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). Although no exact record sales numbers exist, she was probably among Europe's best-selling recording artists in the years prior to 1945. Her involvement with UFA caused her films and lyrics to be identified as Nazi propaganda. Though she had taken no public political position and was dubbed an "Enemy of Germany" by Joseph Goebbels, she remained a controversial figure for the rest of her life. As a singer, Leander was known for her confident style and her deep contralto voice, and was also known as a "female baritone".
Filmography
2013
- Die Akte Zarah Leander as Self (archive footage)
2002
- The Great Yiddish Love as (archive footage)
2001
- Hitlers Frauen as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Stjärnbilder as (archive footage)
1976
- Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture as Self - Interviewee
1975
- Ein Walzer zu zweien as Self
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
- Ich bin die Leander - das muss reichen… as Self
1969
- Das Sonntagskonzert as Self
1968
- Seniorenclub as Self
1966
- How I Learned to Love Women as Olga
1965
- Hör hin, schau zu! as Self
1964
- Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen as Self
- Vergißmeinnicht as Self
- Das Blaue vom Himmel as Désirée
1963
1959
- The Blue Moth as Julia Martens
1954
- It Was Always So Nice with You as Filmstar
1953
- Ave Maria as Sängerin Karin Twerdy
1952
- Cuba Cabana as Arabella
1950
- Gabriela as Gabriela
1949
1948
- Leckerbissen as Self - film scenes (archive footage)
1946
- As Long As I Live as Singer
1943
- Damals as Vera Meiners aka Gloria O'Connor
1942
- The Great Love as Hanna Holberg
1941
- Der Weg ins Freie as Antonia Corvelli
1940
- The Heart of a Queen as Maria Stuart
1939
- It Was a Gay Ballnight as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina
- The Desert Song as Grace Collins
1938
- Homeland as Magda von Schwartze
- Der Blaufuchs as Ilona Paulus
- The Four Companions as Sängerin
1937
- La Habanera as Astree Sternhjelm
- Premiere as Carmen Daviot
- To New Shores as Gloria Vane
1935
- The Marriage Game as Tora Diidiken
1931
- The Wrong Millionaire as Marguerite Lebon
- Dante's Mysteries as Grand Café Guest / Singing Demon