Petra Unkel

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Petra Unkel , also Petra Unkel-Klinder , (born March 3, 1925 in Budapest , Hungary ) is a German actress , voice actress and cabaret artist , who became known to a wide audience as a child actress.

Life

The daughter of tenor Peter Unkel (1880–1942) had her first film appearance at the age of four in Lupu Pick's historical drama Napoleon on St. Helena with Werner Krauss in the role of Napoleon . In the following year she received her first leading role as Richard Tauber's daughter in Melody of Love . For this portrayal, the child star was praised by film reviews because of his natural charm. The film magazine “ Der Kinematograph ” showed the same reactions when Unkel embodied Viktor de Kowa's ward in Arthur Maria Rabenalt's Pappi in 1934 . In the 1930s Unkel was a very busy young actress, whether in homeland films such as Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten and comedies such as stowaways by the Danish comedian duo " Pat & Patachon ". Occasionally she was seen in boy roles like in 1933 in Morals and Love and as Dauphin in the historical film Liselotte von der Pfalz with Renate Müller in the title role. As an adult, Unkel was able to continue her film career. In 1943 she starred alongside Emil Jannings in Old Heart Gets Young Again , alongside Marika Rökk in Sensation in San Remo , alongside OW Fischer in Ein Herz plays incorrectly , as the daughter of Socrates embodied by Paul Hörbiger in Die Frauen des Herr S. , in the comedy Two Bavarians in St. Pauli, the comedian Joe Stöckel and Beppo Brem, as well as in literary adaptations such as Salzburg stories based on Erich Kästner and Nackt wie Gott she created based on Johannes Mario Simmel from 1958, which also marks the last entry in her filmography.

In addition, from 1946 Unkel belonged to the ensemble of the cabaret Die Schaubude founded by Rudolf Schündlers . In addition, Unkel was also active as a speaker for radio and dubbing. She lent her voice to Brigitte Bardot in Frost on Young Blossoms , Nancy Olson in Canadian Pacific and Micheline Presle in the 1954 biopic Napoleon, among others . In 1953, the former child actress dubbed the former US child star Shirley Temple in the German version of the 1944 film When you said goodbye .

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

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Remarks

  1. ^ Diana Napier-Tauber: Richard Tauber , Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series, Da Capo Press 1980, p. 140.
  2. ↑ Der Kinematograph , No. 86, Volume 28 (March 5, 1934).
personal data
SURNAME Unkel, Petra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Unkel-Klinder, Petra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress, voice actress and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Hungary