Petra Unkel

Petra Unkel
Petra Unkel
Born	3 March 1925; Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	2001 (aged 75–76); Kempten, Bavaria, Germany
Other names	Petra Unkel-Klinder
Occupations	Film actress; voice actress; radio spokesperson; cabaret performer;
Years active	1929–1958 (film)

Petra Unkel (3 March 1925 – 2001), also known as Petra Unkel-Klinder, was a Hungarian-born actress of

cabaret artist

, who was active in the industry from 1929 until 1958.

Life and career

Unkel was born in Budapest, in what was then the Kingdom of Hungary, as the daughter of opera tenor Petra Unkel (1880–1942),

Unkel started became her career as a child star. She made her debut appearance on screen in 1929 as a four-year-old during the silent film era, in Napoleon at Saint Helena, starring Werner Krauss as Napoleon. Her first starring role came three years after in the 1932, operetta film Melody of Love. Making the successful transition as an adult star, she appeared in films for the next four decades, with her final screen appearance in 1958.^[2]

From 1946 she also appeared as a performer and singer in cabaret. As a voice artist she lent herself to becoming a radio spokeswoman, and provided voices for such stars as

Bridgette Bardot and Micheline Presle. She also provided dubbing of American fellow child star Shirley Temple in the German version of the film Since You Went Away (1944).^[3]

Unkel died in Kempten, Bavaria in 2001.^[4]