Best German Speaking Actors/Actresses
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Austrian; German father and Austrian mother, born in Austria
He is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.
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Austrian (Austrian and German citizenship); Austrian parents; born and raised in Austria/Third Reich
She is honored with a star on the "Boulevard der Stars" in Berlin.
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Classic Actors
Austrian-Swiss; Swiss father and Austrian mother, born in Austria (1930), grew up in Switzerland; won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961
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Austrian-Hungarian; Jewish parents, born and raised in Austria-Hungary, emigrated to the USA in 1935
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Dutch; living and working in Germany since 1935; one of the most famous actors in Germany during the 1930s-50s; 1903-2011 (108 years!); Heesters was considered one of the oldest stage performers in history.
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Swiss-Austrian; Swiss father and Austrian-Hungarian mother, grew up in Germany; famous director (Die Brücke) and actor
Austrian; Austrian citizenship (+ Ethiopian honorary citizenship since 2003), born in Germany; Austrian father (with Austrian and French ancestors) and German mother; Karlheinz Böhm grew up in Germany (Darmstadt, Hamburg, Dresden)
With Romy Schneider, he starred in the Sissi trilogy as the Emperor Franz Joseph.
Austrian; Irish father and Austrian mother, born in Austria (1931), grew up mainly in Austria and also a short time in USA, Belgium; was a singer and actor and is now retired
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Austrian; Jewish parents, born and raised in Austria;
emigrated to England and later to the USA; 1914-2000
She was not only an actress but also an inventor. She invented together with composer George Antheil a radio-controlled torpedo during the second world war, but the US government decided that they don't need it. After the war they developed an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary for wireless communication like Bluetooth or GSM.
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Austrian/Swiss actress. Born in Austria.
She was the older sister of actor Maximilian Schell.
She was among the biggest stars of German film in the 1950s and 1960s.
Her awards: Volpi Cup, Bambi, Deutscher Filmpreis, Bundesverdienstkreuz.
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Actors/Actresses who are not Germans but German speaking. Dead or alive.