Marion Michael

Marion Michael (October 17, 1940 – October 13, 2007) was a German film actress and singer. She was best known for her role in the 1956 film, Liane, Jungle Goddess.^[1] She was also the second German actress, after Hildegard Knef, to appear nude on film, when she starred in the German film, The Sinner in the 1950s.^[1]

Michael was born Marion Ilonka Michaela Delonge in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad).^[1] She was selected for the role of Liane in Liane, Jungle Goddess out of 12,000 prospective actresses.^[1] She was only 16 at the time of the filming, which took place om location in Africa, and she controversially appeared topless during the first half of the movie.^[1] The movie was a box office success. However, none of her following 10 films over the next six years were as successful.^[1]

Michael suffered injuries in a car accident during this time period.^[1] She returned to acting, but stopped again in 1965.^[1] She suffered a bout of depression and, unusually, moved from West Germany to Communist East Germany.^[1]

Michael sometimes returned to film and television acting later in her life, but only rarely. However, despite her lack of screen time after the 1960s she remained a well known German film icon.^[1] Her last onscreen appearance was in a 1996 German television musical about her life, entitled Liane.^[1]

Michael died of heart failure in Gartz, Brandenburg, at the age of 66.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960)

External links

• Marion Michael at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Koehl, Christian (2007-11-06). "Marion Michael, 66, singer". Variety Magazine (Variety.com). http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975504.html?categoryId=25&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-11-10. 

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Name	Michael, Marion
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Date of birth	October 17, 1940
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Date of death	October 13, 2007
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