Christiane Schmidtmer
German actor-model (1939-2003)
Christiane Schmidtmer (24 December 1939 – 13 March 2003) was a German actress, fashion model, nude model, and memoirist.
Biography
Early life
Christiane Schmidtmer was born in Mannheim, Germany, to Gertrud and Jakob Schmidtmer on Christmas Eve 1939. She took acting lessons in Munich and worked in the stage in Germany for around 4 years (1961-1963), then Christiane turned to photographic modeling for several German glammor model magazines, and later, Playboy. Before acting in film, she also modeled for advertising companies, such as Max Factor cosmetics. Her father disappeared in Russia during the war. The family later relocated from Mannheim to nearby Heidelberg after her mother remarried.
At the age of 17, her mother sent her to London, where Christiane attended St Giles School to learn English. After her stay, she returned to Heidelberg and attended the local Hölderlin-Gymnasium (academic high school) from which she graduated during the late 1950s.
In 1959 against strong family opposition – her mother wanted her to follow a career in medicine – Christiane Schmidtmer moved to Munich, where she began taking acting lessons. During that time, she performed in afternoon stage productions for children.
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