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My Take
Christine Kaufmann, who died in 2017, lived a life that spanned the whole entertainment world, from child actor and ballet to stage, film and television. Winning the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for Town Without Pity made her the first German so honored, and she carried that early international glamour into a long career. The daughter of a German father and French mother, later married for a time to Tony Curtis, she sat right inside Hollywood's golden era. Staying near the front line that many decades takes real grit. Her own life reads like a film.
Overview
Christine Maria Kaufmann (German: [kʁɪsˈtiːnə maˈʁiːa ˈkaʊfman] ; 11 January 1945 – 28 March 2017) was a German-Austrian actress, author, and businesswoman. The daughter of a German father and a French mother, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for Town Without Pity in 1961, the first German to be so honoured.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Christine Kaufmann
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスティーネ・カウフマン
- Reading
- くりすてぃーね・かうふまん
- Born
- January 11, 1945 – March 28, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rooster
- Origin
- Lengdorf, Upper Bavaria, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- ballet dancer / stage actor / film actor / television actor / child actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1962 Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress
- Golden Globe Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Ballet dancer — see all → · Stage actor — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.