Zarah Leander
Swedish actress and singer (1907-1981) · Sweden · On the map · Actors · Died at 74
Zarah Leander was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA).
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Spécial cinémaSeries1969Das SonntagskonzertSeries1968SeniorenclubSeries1966
How I Learned to Love WomenFilm, Olga1965Hör hin, schau zu!Series1964Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnenSeriesVergißmeinnichtSeries1963
Konstgjorda PompeFilm1954
It Was Always So Nice with YouFilm, Filmstar1952
Cuba CabanaFilm, Arabella1950
GabrielaFilm, Gabriela1948
LeckerbissenFilm1943
DamalsFilm, Vera Meiners aka Gloria O'Connor1941
The Way to FreedomFilm, Antonia Corvelli1939
It Was a Gay BallnightFilm, Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina1937
La HabaneraFilm, Astree Sternhjelm1931
Dante's MysteriesFilm, Grand Café Guest / Singing Demon1907Born15 March 1907People around Zarah
Carl Froelich Directed The Four Companions (1938)- Rolf Hansen Directed The Great Love and Back Then
Harald Braun Wrote Heimat and The Heart of the Queen
Hans Stüwe Also in The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
Paul Hörbiger Also in Heimat, The Blue Fox and The Great Love
Herbert Hübner Also in To New Shores and The Heart of the Queen
Leo Slezak Also in The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
Willy Birgel Also in To New Shores and The Blue Fox
Leopold von Ledebur Also in The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
Karl Hermann Martell Also in Premiere, Back Then and La Habanera
Ernst Rotmund Also in Back Then, Ave Maria and La Habanera
Hermann Pfeiffer Also in To New Shores and Homeland
Douglas Sirk Directed La Habanera and To New Shores
Victor Janson Also in Back Then and The Way to Freedom
Géza von Cziffra Directed Gabriela (1950)
Franz Schafheitlin Also in Heimat, Gabriela and Homeland
Theo Mackeben Wrote The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
Agnes Windeck Also in Back Then and The Way to Freedom
Erich Ziegel Also in Heimat, To New Shores and Homeland- Paul Merzbach Directed Falska millionären (1931)
- Max Hiller Also in To New Shores and The Blue Fox
Karl Etlinger Also in The Great Love and Back Then
Gustav Püttjer Also in To New Shores and Back Then
Grethe Weiser Also in Gabriela (1950)
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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 some of her films and lyrics to be identified as Nazi propaganda. Though she had taken no public political position, she remained a controversial figure for the rest of her life. As a singer, Leander was known for her confident style and her deep contralto voice, and was also known as a "female baritone".
