Zarah Leander
Biography
Zarah Leander (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sa.ʁa leː.ˈʔan.dɐ]; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). 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 her films and lyrics to be identified as Nazi propaganda. Though she had taken no public political position and was dubbed an "Enemy of Germany" by Joseph Goebbels, 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".
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Full filmography
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self (archive footage)
- Das Sonntagskonzert (1969) as Self
- Vergißmeinnicht (1964) as Self
- Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen (1964) as Self
- Seniorenclub (1968) as Self
- Hitlers Frauen (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- How I Learned to Love Women (1966) as Olga
- Hör hin, schau zu! (1965) as Self
- Gabriela (1950) as Gabriela
- Premiere (1937) as Carmen Daviot
- Dante's Mysteries (1931) as Grand Café Guest / Singing Demon
- La Habanera (1937) as Astree Sternhjelm
- To New Shores (1937) as Gloria Vane
- Stjärnbilder (1995) as (archive footage)
- Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976) as Self - Interviewee
- It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939) as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina
- The Heart of a Queen (1940) as Maria Stuart
- Homeland (1938) as Magda von Schwartze
- The Blue Moth (1959) as Julia Martens
- The Great Love (1942) as Hanna Holberg
- The Marriage Game (1935) as Tora Diidiken
- The Way to Freedom (1941) as Antonia Corvelli
- Das Blaue vom Himmel (1964) as Désirée
- The Desert Song (1939) as Grace Collins