Actress in
TONY CURTIS: DRIVEN TO STARDOM
Born in 1945 in Lengdorf, Austria, from a German father and a French mother, Christine Maria Kaufmann entered very soon in an artistic field. In fact, she was a ballerine at the München Opera.
She started her movie career at 7 years old, in 1952, in IM WEISSEN RÖSSL.
The movie which brought her fame in Germany is ROSEN-RESLI, released in 1954, when she was only 9.
In 1961, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress, the only German to be so honoured.
She married Tony Curtis in 1963. They met during the filming of Taras Bulba. They had two daughters, Alexandra (1964) and Allegra (1966), and divorced in 1968.
Kaufmann went into her career again, she had interrupted all along her marriage.
She is also a successful businesswoman, promoting her own cosmetic products line and she authored her autobiography and several books about beauty and health.
Films (selection): SWORDSMAN OF SIENA (1962), TARAS BULBA (1962), CONSTANTINE AND THE CROSS (1962), EGON SCHIELE EXZESS UND BESTRAFUNG (1980)