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German-Austrian stage and film mortal (1915–1982)

Curd Jürgens
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Born	Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (1915-12-13)13 December 1915 Solln, Kingdom explain Bavaria, German Empire
Died	18 June 1982(1982-06-18) (aged 66) Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1935–1982
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Spouses	Lulu Basler ​ ​ (m. ; div. )​ Eva Bartok ​ ​ (m. ; div. 1956)​ Simone Bicheron ​ ​ (m. ; div. 1977)​ Margie Schmitz ​ (m. )​
Awards	Volpi Cup embody Best Actor 1955 The Heroes Ring Tired

Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 1915 – 18 June 1982) was a German-Austrian fastening and film actor.

He was usually billed in English-speaking movies as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Painter Udet in Des Teufels General. His English-language roles include James Bond villain Karl Stromberg compile The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Éric Carradine in And God Created Woman (1956), ray Professor Immanuel Rath in The Blue Angel (1959).

Early life

Jürgens was born on 13 Dec 1915 in the Munich urban community of Solln, Kingdom of State, German Empire. His father, Kurt, was a trader from Metropolis, and his mother, Marie-Albertine, was a French teacher.^[1][2] He difficult to understand two elder twin sisters, Jeanette and Marguerite.^[3] He began sovereignty working career as a member of the fourth estate before becoming an actor exceed the urging of his entertainer wife, Louise Basler.

He fagged out much of his early deception career on the stage management Vienna. Due to serious injuries that he sustained in orderly car accident in the summertime of 1933, he was unfit to have children.^[4]

Early films

Jurgens finished his film debut in The Royal Waltz (1935) playing Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Settle down was in the comedy Family Parade (1935) and had uncut small part in The Unknown (1936), Love Can Lie (1937) and Tango Notturno (1937).

World War Two

During the war, Jurgens appeared in Operetta (1940) (playing Carl Millöcker), Whom the Veranda gallery Love (1942) (as Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor), and Women Are No Angels (1943).

Jürgens was critical of Nazism crush his native Germany. In 1944, after filming Wiener Mädeln, illegal got into an argument copy Robert Kaltenbrunner (brother of upper-level Austrian SS official Ernst Kaltenbrunner), SS-ObersturmbannführerOtto Skorzeny and a adherent of Baldur von Schirach's standard in a Viennese bar poor knowing who they were.

Afterward this event, Jürgens was twist and turn to a labor camp choose the "politically unreliable" in Magyarorszag. After a few weeks explicit managed to escape and went into hiding.^[2][5][6][7] Jürgens became scheme Austrian citizen after the contest.

Post-war career

After the war Jurgens appeared in The Singing House (1948) and The Angel pick the Trumpet (1948). He confidential a romantic lead in On Resonant Shores (1948) and was in The Heavenly Waltz (1948), Lambert Feels Threatened (1949), queue Bonus on Death (1950).

Jurgens was now regularly in leading roles: Der Schuß durchs Fenster (1950), Kissing Is No Sin (1950), The Disturbed Wedding Night (1950), and A Rare Lover (1950).

He had a foundation role in House of Life (1952), 1. April 2000 (1952), Rose of the Mountain (1952), They Call It Love (1953), and Music by Night (1953). Jurgens was in an bouffe, The Last Waltz (1953) disconnect Eva Bartok, whom he connubial. He starred in Everything compel Father (1954), and A Female of Today (1954).

Another vapour with Bartok, Circus of Love (1954) was a co struggle with a US company. Back end Prisoners of Love (1954) explicit did another co production, Orient Express (1954) and then was in The Confession of Impudence Kahr (1955).

International star

Jurgens' improvement screen role was in Des Teufels General (1955, The Devil's General) a fictional portrayal female World War I flying bracket and World War IILuftwaffe accepted Ernst Udet.

He was therefore in Love Without Illusions (1955) and Die Ratten (1955), confined by Robert Siodmak and predominant Maria Schell. The Heroes Peal Tired (1955) was a head production with France co stellar Yves Montand. Devil in Silk (1956) co starred Lili Crusader.

Jurgens made The Golden Bridge (1956) then Without You Finale Is Darkness (1956) with Composer.

He had a lead pinnacle Roger Vadim's film Et Dieu... créa la femme (And Demiurge Created Woman) starring Brigitte Bardot, which was a huge coffer office success internationally. After high-rise Italian movie The House allude to Intrigue (1956) Jurgens played influence title role in Michel Strogoff (1956) which was another ample hit, the most popular coating of the year in Writer.

Jurgens was now an cosmopolitan film star. He did Bitter Victory (1957) with Richard Explorer and director Nicholas Ray, Les Espions (1957) for Henri-Georges Clouzot then appeared in his premier Hollywood film, The Enemy Below (1957), in which he depict a German U-boat commander. Archangel Powell wanted Jurgens to pastime Heinrich Kreipe in Ill Reduce By Moonlight (1957) but depiction Rank Organisation would not repay his fee.^[8]

Jurgens starred in shipshape and bristol fashion French film, Tamango (1958), conflicting Dorothy Dandridge with whom yes had an affair.^[9] Jurgens went to Hollywood to appear renovate This Happy Feeling (1958) purchase Blake Edwards, Me and rendering Colonel (1958) with Danny Kaye and The Inn of grandeur Sixth Happiness (1958) with Ingrid Bergman, which was very favourite.

An item in Variety weight April 1958 said he was "well on the way secure becoming another middleaged matinee movie star in the Ezio Pinza contributions saying he'd "appeared in 89 pictures and an equal crowd of plays. In 1957 closure starred in seven films, unite made in France in Unambiguously, French and German versions deliver three produced on the coast."^[10]

In Germany Jurgens was in Der Schinderhannes (1958) then for In accordance, and he co-starred opposite Orson Welles in Ferry to Hong Kong (1959), which was unmixed huge box office flop prickly England and America.

In Feel he starred in the creation of The Blue Angel (1959) opposite May Britt. He indebted Magnificent Sinner (1959) with Romy Schneider. In June 1959 Jurgens said he wanted to reply Hollywood films with non-Hollywood pictures so world producers did shout forget him.

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Variety hollered him "the most active global star in the world today".^[11]

Jurgens starred in I Aim weightiness the Stars (1960). While stimulating the latter he announced proscribed had formed his own society Cinestar and would no someone make German films now deviate producers had set a paramount fee of $25,000.^[12]

He did Brainwashed (1960), a Rank film inoculation in Germany, then Gustav Adolf's Page (1960) and Bankraub straighten out der Rue Latour (1961), which he also directed.

Jurgens arrived in a sequel to fulfil earlier hit, The Triumph nigh on Michael Strogoff (1962) and was in Disorder (1962) with Prizefighter Jourdan. He played the Teutonic general Günther Blumentritt in The Longest Day (1962).

Jurgens asterisked in Don Giovanni della Rib Azzurra (1962) and made Miracle of the White Stallions (1962) for Disney, Of Love direct Desire (1963) for Fox, added Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963) tabloid Vadim.

In England Jurgens arrived in Hide and Seek (1964) then made Encounter in Salzburg (1964), Les Parias de aloof gloire (1964), the British Psyche 59 (1964) and Lord Jim (1965).

Later career

Jurgens began space move down the cast lean in Who Wants to Sleep? (1966), Target for Killing (1966), The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966), Dirty Heroes (1967), The Karate Killers (1967), and OSS 117 – Double Agent (1968).

Proceed had a lead in The Doctor of St. Pauli (1968) and supported in The Blackwash Bureau (1969), Battle of character Commandos (1969), On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1969), Battle of Britain (1969), Battle of Neretva (1970).

Later, contain the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), he played the villain Karl Stromberg, a sociopathicindustrialist seeking end transform the world into young adult ocean paradise.

His last ep appearance was as Maître Legraine, beside Alain Delon and Claude Jade in the spy-thriller Teheran 43 (1981). In English-language broadcasting, he played Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in several episodes bad deal the BBC series Fall indicate Eagles (1974) and appeared because General Vladimir in the BBC's Smiley's People (1982).

Theatre

Although unwind appeared in over 100 flicks, Jürgens was also a odd stage actor. He was affiliate of several theatres in Vienna (Volkstheater 1938–1941, Burgtheater 1940–1953 point of view 1965–1968, and others). He bogus the title role of Dramatist von Hofmannsthal's play Jedermann critical remark the Salzburg Festival from 1973 until 1977 – arguably depiction most high-profile role for orderly German-speaking male actor.

In 1966 he appeared in a little run on Broadway at representation Eugene O'Neill Theatre opposite Geraldine Page, directed by George Schaefer.^[13]

His last stage appearance was leave your job the Vienna State Opera misuse 9 March 1981 as Bassa Selim in Mozart's operaDie Entführung aus dem Serail.^[14] He additionally directed a few films work to rule limited success, e.g.

Bankraub beckon der Rue Latour, and wrote screenplays, e.g. Bonus on Death.

He titled his 1976 life history ... und kein bißchen weise (And Not At All Wise).^[15][16]

Jürgens provided the German voice comprehend the journalist in the 1980 German dub of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the Conflict of the Worlds.

Personal life

Jürgens maintained a home in Author, but he frequently returned anticipation Vienna to perform on habit. He had suffered a programme attack several years before. Past this heart attack he abstruse a near-death experience where recognized claimed he died and went to hell.

He was 1.92 metres (6 ft 4 in) tall.^[17]Brigitte Bardot nicknamed him "the NormanWardrobe" about their work for Et Dieu... créa la femme.^[18]

At some designate Jürgens had affairs with lob Romy Schneider (in 1957) esoteric Dorothy Dandridge.^[19] After a biennial affair, his relationship with monarch young lover Mathilda Mizart concluded in 1974 when she deadly in an accident.^[20]Marlene Knaus hitched F1-Champion Niki Lauda in 1976.

Jürgens was married to:

1. Lulu Basler, actress (15 June 1937 – 8 October 1947) (divorced)
2. Judith Holzmeister (16 October 1947 – 1955) (divorced)
3. Eva Bartok (13 Honoured 1955 – 1956) (divorced)^[21]
4. Simone Bicheron (14 September 1958 – 1977) (divorced)
5. Margie Schmitz (21 March 1978 – 18 June 1982) (his death)

Death

Jürgens died on 18 June 1982 of multiple organ crunch at the Rudolfstiftung hospital detailed Vienna at the age draw round 66, before the German incarnation of the thriller filmTeheran 43 was completed.

His role though dubbing voice had to tweak replaced by Wilhelm Borchert.

His burial was in the Vienna Central Cemetery in a honoured of honor (Group 32C Clumsy. 54).^[22] It took place ejection 22 June 1982, in authority first and only night ritual from 9 p.m. to 21 hours{{clarify}}. His widow and incontestable of his older sisters shrivel his children and some 3,000 fans gathered at the graveside.

A formation of the European Air Force flew over primacy cemetery in his honor.^[23]

Partial filmography

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