logo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

150

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-01-11

Day of Death

2017-03-28 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Lengdorf, Styria, Austria

Also Known As

Cristine Kofmann

Christine Kaufmann

Biography

Christine Maria Kaufmann (born January 11, 1945) is a German actress. In 1961 she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress, the only German to be so honoured. Born to a German father and a French mother in Lengdorf, Styria, Kaufmann became a ballerina at the Munich Opera. She started her film career at the age of seven in the 1952 adaptation of Im weißen Rößl (White Horse Inn). The film which brought her fame was Rosen-Resli, released in 1954, when she was only nine. She gained international recognition when she starred with Steve Reeves in The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) and with Kirk Douglas in Town Without Pity (1961). The following year she appeared in Escape from East Berlin. In 1963 Kaufmann married Tony Curtis, whom she had met during the filming of Taras Bulba (1962). They had two daughters, Alexandra (born July 19, 1964) and Allegra (born July 11, 1966). They divorced in 1968. Kaufmann resumed her career, which she had interrupted during her marriage. Kaufmann is also a successful businesswoman, promoting her own cosmetics products line that sells well in Germany. She has written several books about beauty and health, as well as two autobiographies. She speaks three languages: German, English, and French. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christine Kaufmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Lili Marleen

1981

Lili Marleen

as

Miriam

Lola

1981

Lola

as

Susi

Bagdad Cafe

1987

Bagdad Cafe

as

Debby

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

1957

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

as

Ulla Scherzer

The Swordsman of Siena

1962

The Swordsman of Siena

as

Serenella Arconti

Winter Holidays

1959

Winter Holidays

as

Florence

Taras Bulba

1962

Taras Bulba

as

Natalia Dubrov

The Last Days of Pompeii

1959

The Last Days of Pompeii

as

Elena / Ione

A Man Named Rocca

1961

A Man Named Rocca

as

Geneviève Adé

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1971

Murders in the Rue Morgue

as

Madeleine Charron

Hard to Be a God

1990

Hard to Be a God

as

Okana

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment

1980

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment

as

Edith Harms-Schiele

The Last Pedestrian

1960

The Last Pedestrian

as

Christine Cornelius

Town Without Pity

1961

Town Without Pity

as

Karin Steinhof

The Excluded

1982

The Excluded

as

Ms. Pachthofen

Fireflower: The Two Lives of Marisa Mell

2023

Fireflower: The Two Lives of Marisa Mell

as

Self (archive footage)

Willow Springs

1973

Willow Springs

as

Christine

The Story Teller

1989

The Story Teller

as

Clara Lilienthal

Alle lieben Peter

1959

Alle lieben Peter

as

Kitty Steiner

Liebesticket nach Hause

2008

Liebesticket nach Hause

as

Marianne Forster

Fahr zur Hölle

2011

Fahr zur Hölle

as

Lilith

Escape from East Berlin

1962

Escape from East Berlin

as

Erika Jürgens

Rosen-Resli

1954

Rosen-Resli

as

Resli

Salto Mortale

1954

Salto Mortale

as

Dascha

Die wilden Fünfziger

1983

Die wilden Fünfziger

as

Natascha

Der Klosterjäger

1953

Der Klosterjäger

as

Vronerl

Blackmail Chase

1976

Blackmail Chase

as

Sekretärin

Höllische Nachbarn

1998

Höllische Nachbarn

as

Ingelore Merk

Embezzled Heaven

1958

Embezzled Heaven

as

Doris

Via Mala

1961

Via Mala

as

Sylvia Lauretz

Love Birds

1969

Love Birds

as

La Contessa

First Love

1959

First Love

as

Silvia

Die Schläfer

1998

Die Schläfer

as

Stationsleiterin

Bend Sinister

1970

Bend Sinister

as

Mariette

Der schweigende Engel

1954

Der schweigende Engel

as

Angelika Helmer

Immobilien

1973

Immobilien

as

Jasmin Strothmann

Staatsanwältin Corda

1953

Staatsanwältin Corda

as

Berta Neidhart

Stille

2013

Stille

as

Adele Vio

Das Double

1993

Das Double

as

Jutta Eck

Gestrickte Spuren

1971

Gestrickte Spuren

as

Fanny Elßler

Inflation im Paradies

1983

Inflation im Paradies

as

Laverne Schuhmann (segment "Testschock")

Julius Caesar

1988

Julius Caesar

as

Portia

Red Lips

1960

Red Lips

as

Baby

Wild and Wonderful

1964

Wild and Wonderful

as

Giselle Ponchon

Das Männerquartett

1978

Das Männerquartett

as

Nina Huf

Ziemlich weit weg

1983

Ziemlich weit weg

as

Christel

The Swing

1983

The Swing

as

Mme. Lautenschlag

Haider lebt - 1. April 2021

2002

Haider lebt - 1. April 2021

as

Newssprecherin

Pankow ’95

1983

Pankow ’95

as

Laura Zart

The Gold of Love

1983

The Gold of Love

as

Patricias Mutter

Rings of Fear

1978

Rings of Fear

as

Christina, Di Salvo's girlfriend

Un trono para Cristy

1960

Un trono para Cristy

as

Christine Wilkens

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

as

Hermine Danglars

Monaco Franze

Monaco Franze

as

Olga Behrens

Der Kommissar

Der Kommissar

as

Eva Raßner

Wenn das die Nachbarn wüßten

Wenn das die Nachbarn wüßten

as

Kaufhausdirektorin

Glückliche Reise

Glückliche Reise

as

Felicitas von Feilitz

Derrick

Derrick

as

Marion Kless

Im Namen des Gesetzes

Im Namen des Gesetzes

as

Frau Meyer-Arndt

The German Bronx

The German Bronx

as

Frau Duenser

Parkhotel Stern

Parkhotel Stern

as

Oksana Olejewa

A Houseful of Animals

A Houseful of Animals

as

Frau von Werther

Balko

Balko

as

Frederike Kogel

SOKO München

SOKO München

as

Margit Finneisen

Für alle Fälle Stefanie

Für alle Fälle Stefanie

as

Frau von Drossel

Die Insel

Die Insel

as

Margit

Wie ein Blitz

Wie ein Blitz

as

Diana Valesco

Riverboat

Riverboat

as

Self

3 nach 9

3 nach 9

as

Self

DAS!

DAS!

as

Self

Beckmann

Beckmann

as

Self

World on a Wire

World on a Wire

as

Party Guest

Koschwitz

Koschwitz

as

Self

Stöckl

Stöckl

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing