Eva Renzi
Biography
Tall, blonde, busty and radiant, Eva Renzi created a sensation when she rose to stardom in her native West Germany in the mid-60s. Born to a 17-year-old French mother and a 49-year-old Danish father, Eva's childhood was everything but happy. Her parents got divorced when she was three, and her mother put her into an orphanage run by nuns. Eva was 14 when she returned to live with her abusive father. She later claimed that "he beat the daylights out of me on a daily basis". Living with her father proved to be so difficult that Eva tried to kill herself twice before she eventually left home at the tender age of 17 to pursue a career in acting. Famous drama coach Else Bongers took her under her wing, and the beautiful teenager supported herself as a model, a phone operator, and a waitress before making her debut on stage in late 1961. She became a member of the Freie Volksbühne Berlin in 1964 when renowned director Erwin Piscator hired her as "Electra".
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Full filmography
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Tatjana
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- Beckmann (1999) as Self
- Im Namen des Gesetzes (1994) as Bandilla
- Dalli Dalli (1971) as Self - Candidate
- Boulevard Bio (1991) as Self
- Stars in the Ring (1959) as Self
- Balko (1995) as Monique
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- Peter Strohm (1989) as Beate Petzold
- The Legacy of Guldenburgs (1987) as Edith von Meerungen
- Primus (1971) as Toni Hayden
- Leute (1983) as Self
- Funeral in Berlin (1966) as Samantha Steel
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) as Monica Ranieri
- The Prodigal Daughter (1981) as La fiancée
- Die Gerichtsreporterin (1994) as Dr. Luise Bockelkamp
- Les Aventures de Papa Poule (1980) as Jenny
- Das Blaue Palais (1974) as Eva
- Das Messer (1971) as Julie Andrew
- FantastiCozzi (2016) as (archive footage)
- The Pink Jungle (1968) as Alison Duguesne
- Playgirl (1966) as Alexandra Borowski
- The Night of the Assassin (1970) as Helena