- Ilse Werner
Ilse Werner (born Ilse Charlotte Still on
July 11 ,1921 inBatavia, Dutch East Indies (nowJakarta ,Indonesia ); diedAugust 7 ,2005 inLübeck ) was anactress andsinger . She was born to a Dutch father and a German mother and was Dutch citizen by birth. Although she had her greatest successes inGermany (mainly during the time of theThird Reich ), she did not assume Germancitizenship until 1955.Arriving in
Frankfurt , Germany at the age of 10, Werner later made her name at the legendary UFA Studios nearBerlin . She starred in the popular wartime films "Die schwedische Nachtigall" ("The Swedish Nightingale") and "Wir machen Musik" ("We're Making Music").Having briefly been barred from performing by the
Allies at the end of theWorld War II , due to her alleged role inNazi propaganda , she returned to the big screen in the 1950s where she excelled in dramatic character roles.Werner had her last appearance on German TV in 2000 before dying peacefully in her sleep on
August 7 ,2005 at aretirement home inLübeck . She had been suffering frompneumonia .Her last wish was to have her ashes scattered in
Potsdam .Filmography
* 1938 - Die unruhigen Mädchen (her first film)
* 1938 - Das Leben kann so schön sein
* 1939 - Bel Ami
* 1940 - Bal paré
* 1940 -Wunschkonzert
* 1941 - Die schwedische Nachtigall
* 1942 - Wir machen Musik
* 1942 - Hochzeit auf dem Bärenhof
* 1943 - Münchhausen
* 1944 -Große Freiheit Nr. 7
* 1950 - Epilog
* 1950 - Gute Nacht, Mary/Die gestörte Hochzeitsnacht
* 1951 - Königin einer Nacht
* 1951 - Mutter sein dagegen sehr
* 1953 - Der Vogelhändler
* 1954 -Ännchen von Tharau
* 1955 - Der Griff nach den Sternen
* 1956 - Die Herrin vom Sölderhof
* 1990 - Die Hallo-SistersExternal links
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4135600.stm BBC News article about her death]
* [http://www.filmportal.de/df/c0/Uebersicht,,,,,,,,EFC0CAA3E1FF03C1E03053D50B372D46,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html Filmportal: Filmografie]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=1733 Photographs of Ilse Werner]
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