Cornelia Froboess

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Cornelia Froboess
Froboess in 1966
Born (1943-10-28) 28 October 1943 (age 80)
Wriezen, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationActress
Spouse
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(m. 1967; died 2022)​
Children2

Cornelia Froboess (German: [kɔʁˈneː.li̯a ˈfʁoːˌbøːs] ⓘ; born 28 October 1943) is a German actress and a teen idol of the 1950s and early 1960s. During that time, Froboess appeared in many West German and Austrian musical films, especially after the rock and roll wave had hit Germany. In those comedy films, she would often portray the typical Berliner Göre (brat from [West] Berlin) who craves independence from her strict parents.

Career

As Die Kleine Cornelia she had her first

set phrase and synonym
for going swimming easily recognized even by speakers of German who have never heard of the song. As she grew up, she continued recording as Conny, then Conny Froboess.

In 1962, Froboess finished in sixth place at the

gold disc.[1] The same year she appeared as herself in Jean Renoir's comedy film The Elusive Corporal
.

Later, Froboess became a theatre and movie actress. In 1982, she appeared in

Faust I, a performance that was also released as a film: Faust – Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle. In 1997 Froboess played the mother of the protagonist Martin Brest (Til Schweiger) in the film Knockin' on Heaven's Door. On stage, she appeared in Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm in 1976, staged by Dieter Dorn,[2] and played Ellida in Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea in 1990.[3] At the Salzburg Festival 2004, she played Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night.[4] The same year she played the title role in Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children
.

Selected filmography

Froboess at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival

Awards

References

  1. ISBN 0-214-20512-6
    .
  2. ^ Portrait: Dieter Dorn at the Goethe-Institut
  3. ^ The Lady from the Sea review
  4. ^ The 2004 Salzburg Festival at The New York Theatre Wire

External links

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