Christine Kaufmann

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Christine Kaufmann (2014)

Christine Maria Kaufmann (born January 11, 1945 in Lengdorf , Styria ; † March 28, 2017 in Munich ) was a German - Austrian actress and author .

life and career

Christine Kaufmann was the daughter of the French make- up artist Geneviève Gavaert and the German air force officer Johannes Kaufmann. Her mother had been relocated due to the war, which is why Christine Kaufmann was born in Lengdorf ( Mitterberg-St. Martin municipality ). She grew up in Munich , where she had ballet lessons from childhood , including at the Munich State Theater on Gärtnerplatz , and then at the State Opera Ballet .

At the age of eight she met the director Harald Reinl , who shot Rosen-Resli (1954) with her , one of the first great West German cinema successes after the Second World War . The film made her a child star . In the films A Heart Beats for Erika , When the Alpine Roses are in Bloom or The Singing Angels of Tyrol , she was able to celebrate further great successes.

In 1959 Kaufmann went to Italy , where she played alongside Steve Reeves in The Last Days of Pompeii .

According to his own statements, Kaufmann never went to school, but instead received lessons from changing private teachers during the breaks . She spoke German , English and French .

In Gottfried Reinhardt's 1961 film City Without Pity , she gained international fame alongside Kirk Douglas and won a Golden Globe Award for best young actress in 1962 . While filming Taras Bulba in Argentina , she met Tony Curtis in 1961 , who then separated from his wife, Janet Leigh . In 1963 Kaufmann and Curtis married. The daughters Alexandra and Allegra come from the marriage .

Her professional success in Hollywood was short-lived, so she decided to go into private life. For the love comedy Monsieur Cognac  - with Curtis as a partner - and the German-American production Tunnel 28 , she received only moderate to bad reviews. In her autobiography , Kaufmann expressed herself negatively about these films. In 1968, the marriage with Tony Curtis was divorced.

Kaufmann went back to Germany and made the television film Wie ein Blitz , directed by Rolf von Sydow , which was a great success. After several roles in television series such as Der Kommissar or Derrick , she began to work with the director Werner Schroeter . The results are The Death of Maria Malibran (1971), Willow Springs (1973), Goldflocken (1976) and Day of Idiots (1981). The films Lili Marleen and Lola with Rainer Werner Fassbinder were also made in 1981 . As a stage star, she went on tour with Udo Kier and Salome .

In 1974 and 1999 she posed for Playboy . Most recently she was dubbed “Germany's most beautiful grandmother”. In addition, during this time she had much-noticed appearances under the direction of Helmut Dietl , for example in Der absolut normal Wahnsinn and Monaco Franze - Der eternal Stenz . From 1999 to 2012 Christine Kaufmann presented her own cosmetics and wellness product range at the teleshopping channel HSE24 . In 2011 she took part in the ORF show Dancing Stars , but had to say goodbye in the second show.

From 2014 Christine Kaufmann was seen on theater stages again, most recently in the Landestheater Linz in the play Sparkling Ghosts by Noël Coward and in Der Weibsteufel by Karl Schönherr .

After her marriage to Curtis she was married three times - with the television director Achim Lenz (1974–1976), with the musician and actor Reno Eckstein (1979–1982) and with the draftsman Klaus Zey (1997–2011, split in 2010).

Kaufmann died on March 28, 2017 at the age of 72 in a Munich hospital from complications from a leukemia disease. The funeral service, led by former Abbot Odilo Lechner , took place on March 30th in the closest family circle in the Abbey of St. Boniface . On June 16, 2017, her urn was buried in Vernon near Paris next to her mother Geneviève Gavaert and her grandmother and great-grandmother.

Quotes

  • Grandchildren are the reward for having endured your own children.

Filmography (selection)

bibliography

  • 1985: Body harmony, beauty and health as a reflection of conscious lifestyle. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-426-26178-2 .
  • 1989: One should be normal. Autobiography , Langen Müller, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-7844-2262-4 .
  • 1990: lust for life - the care of adult beauty. Ullstein, Berlin / Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-550-06444-6 .
  • 1992: Woman looks, more serious things from everyday life. (= Ullstein , No. 34877: Ullstein-Sachbuch ), Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-548-34877-7 .
  • 1995: Love fight - erotic stories with 5 drawings by Henri Matisse , Langen-Müller, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7844-2435-X .
  • 1997: My beauty secrets, body and soul in harmony. With drawings by Klaus Zey, photos: Jacques Schumacher…, Weltbild, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-89604-210-6 .
  • 1998: timelessly beautiful. Make-up & styling for women aged 40 and over. Photos by Inge Prader, illustrations by Klaus Zey, Editing Annegret Dieter-Steinherr, Das Beste, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-87070-773-9 .
  • 2000: Wellness care, the sensual path to greater wellbeing. Schröder, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-547-75275-2 .
  • 2001: The sky over Tangier, the sensual secrets of women in Morocco. Marion von Schröder, Munich, ISBN 3-547-75273-6 .
  • 2002: Beauty guide, the art of natural rejuvenation. Marion von Schröder, Munich, ISBN 3-547-75275-2 .
  • 2005: Christine Kaufmann and I, my double life. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach, ISBN 978-3-7857-2203-9 .
  • 2006: love killer on four paws. Illustrated by Claus Joachim Zey, Ehrenwirth, Bergisch Gladbach 2006, ISBN 978-3-431-03689-3 .
  • 2007: Seduction to lust for life - Zen and sensuality. Kösel, Munich, ISBN 978-3-466-30742-5 .
  • 2010: Aging in Beauty - Eros, Wisdom and Humor. Amalthea, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85002-709-0 .
  • 2013: Fake world fever. Langen Müller, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7844-3288-5 .
  • 2014: Love of life - I can reinvent myself at any time! Nymphenburger, Munich, ISBN 978-3-485-02800-4 .
  • 2017: Love Stories: Anecdotes from the 20th Century. Verlag Attenkoffer, Straubing, ISBN 978-3-942742-83-2 .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Christine Kaufmann  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The double life of Christine Kaufmann. In: rp-online.de . Rheinische Post Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, January 10, 2005, accessed on March 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Christine Kaufmann. In: steffi-line.de , accessed on March 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ helloRTL. Issue 6/1981, p. 12.
  4. ↑ Why I wasn't there ... a statement. ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: christinekaufmann.eu , February 10, 2012, accessed on March 28, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.christinekaufmann.eu
  5. ↑ Christine Kaufmann relies on Phyto Power. ( Memento from December 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: hse24.net , May 5, 2009.
  6. ↑ Christa Kanand: Weak alpine drama with star cast. In: Südwest Presse . Neue Pressegesellschaft mbh & Co. KG, December 1, 2015, accessed on March 28, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Christine Kaufmann. In: HairWeb.de , accessed on March 28, 2017.
  8. ↑ Kristina Poehls: Actress Christine Kaufmann - 4th divorce! In: bild.de , May 19, 2011, accessed on March 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ Actress Christine Kaufmann is dead. In: Focus Online . Hubert Burda Media , March 28, 2017, accessed on March 28, 2017 .
  10. ↑ This is where Christine Kaufmann rests. In: pressreader.com .
  11. ↑ Christine Kaufmann is buried today - her second daughter is not coming either. In: Focus.de , June 16, 2017.
  12. ↑ Stern , January 25, 2017, p. 115, Interview with Christine Kaufmann: Mein gliebtes Ich.
personal data
SURNAME Kaufmann, Christine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaufmann, Christine Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian actress and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Lengdorf , Styria , Austria
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 2017
Place of death Munich , Bavaria , Germany