Zarah Leander

About

Also Known As

Zarah Stina Hedberg

Birth Place

Sweden

Born

March 15, 1900

Died

June 23, 1981

Biography

This exotic, glamorous Swedish star was recruited by Germany to become the Third Reich's answer to Garbo and Dietrich (with her deep singing voice, she was more akin to the latter).After the war, Leander was shunned in Sweden and Austria, and was only able to get a handful of film roles in Germany. Memories were short, though, and after a stage success in "Madame Scandaleuse" (1958), she...

Filmography

My Life For Zarah Leander (1987)

La Habanera (1937)

Astree Sternhjelm

Zu Neuen Ufern (1937)

Gloria Vane

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Song Performer

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Song

Out of the Present (1996)

Song Performer ("Kann Denn Liebe Sunde Sein")

Family & Companions

Nils Leander

Husband

Actor. Divorced 1932.

Vidar Forsell

Husband

Arne Hulphers

Husband

Orchestra leader. Married 1956.

Biography

This exotic, glamorous Swedish star was recruited by Germany to become the Third Reich's answer to Garbo and Dietrich (with her deep singing voice, she was more akin to the latter).

After the war, Leander was shunned in Sweden and Austria, and was only able to get a handful of film roles in Germany. Memories were short, though, and after a stage success in "Madame Scandaleuse" (1958), she was back on top. Though her film career was over, she appeared in the musicals "Lady aus Paris/The Lady from Paris" (1964) and "Wodka fur die Konigin/Vodka for the Queen" (1968), as well as on several TV shows. Leander died in her native Sweden in 1981.