Zarah Leander
Birthday
1907/03/15
Day of death
1981/06/23 (74 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
Also know as
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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 ...Read more
Acting
(1942) The Great Love
as Hanna Holberg
(1963) Konstgjorda Pompe
as ---
(1931) Dante's Mysteries
as Grand Café Guest / Singing Demon
(1946) As Long As I Live
as Singer
(1937) To New Shores
as Gloria Vane
(1935) The Marriage Game
as Tora Diidiken
(1938) Der Blaufuchs
as Ilona Paulus
(1937) Premiere
as Carmen Daviot
(1937) La Habanera
as Astree Sternhjelm
(1941) Der Weg ins Freie
as Antonia Corvelli
(1954) It Was Always So Nice with You
as Filmstar
(1953) Ave Maria
as Sängerin Karin Twerdy
(1943) Damals
as Vera Meiners aka Gloria O'Connor
(1939) It Was a Gay Ballnight
as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina
(1938) Homeland
as Magda von Schwartze
(1940) The Heart of a Queen
as Maria Stuart
(1966) How I Learned to Love Women
as Olga
(1959) The Blue Moth
as Julia Martens
(1950) Gabriela
as Gabriela
(1995) Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
(1964) Das Blaue vom Himmel
as Désirée
(1939) The Desert Song
as Grace Collins
(1952) Cuba Cabana
as Arabella
(2002) The Great Yiddish Love
as (archive footage)
(1938) The Four Companions
as Sängerin
(1948) Leckerbissen
as Self - film scenes (archive footage)
(1976) Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
as Self - Interviewee
(1931) The Wrong Millionaire
as Marguerite Lebon
(1974) Ich bin die Leander - das muss reichen…
as Self
(1975) Ein Walzer zu zweien
as Self
(2013) Die Akte Zarah Leander
as Self (archive footage)
(1949) Terras fönster 2
as ---
(1968) Seniorenclub
as Self
(1965) Hör hin, schau zu!
as Self
(1964) Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen
as Self
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) Vergißmeinnicht
as Self
(2001) Hitlers Frauen
as Self (archive footage)
(1969) Das Sonntagskonzert
as Self