Eva Renzi

Eva Renzi (born Evelyn Renziehausen; 3 November 1944 – 16 August 2005) was a German actress.

Biography Born in Berlin to a Danish father and a French mother, she enrolled in the Berlin Actors' Studio at age 16 and began appearing in plays in Germany. For eight months she played a maid in the German translation of Noël Coward's Dinner at Eight. She was married briefly and gave birth to her daughter Anouschka; when the marriage ended, she began a modelling career to support herself and her daughter. After modelling clothing in German magazines and newspapers, she was introduced to film audiences in Will Tremper's (1966) and made her international debut the same year in the British film Funeral in Berlin, the second Harry Palmer film, as Israeli agent Samantha Steel, appearing with Michael Caine.

Renzi was offered a leading role in the next planned James Bond film, You Only Live Twice, but Renzi declined the role, commenting in an interview in Newark Evening News that "Bond pictures are good for pretty girls but not for actresses. I would rather sell shoes."

In 1973, Renzi caused a sensation in the tabloid press by taking a months-long trip to India and becoming involved with the Rajneesh movement, which she later left, accusing the leader, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, of fascist tendencies and abusing drugs.

Renzi continued acting on stage after her film career had largely ended. In 1983, she was dismissed from the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele, a theater festival, for referring to President Karl Carstens, who had joined the Brownshirts in 1934, as an "old Nazi". (1967, by Pierre Granier-Deferre) - Patricia Negresco (1968, by Klaus Lemke) - cameo The Pink Jungle (1968, by Delbert Mann) - Alison Duguesne A Woman Needs Loving (1969, by Robert Azderball) - Jane Taste of Excitement (1970, by Don Sharp) - Jane Kerrell The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970, by Dario Argento) - Monica Ranieri Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970, by Adriano Bolzoni) - Helena (1970, by Helmut Förnbacher) - Sabrina von der Wies Death Occurred Last Night (1970, by Duccio Tessari) - Lamberti's wife Tatort (1971, Episode: "") - Tatjana Primus (1971–1972, TV Series, 26 episodes) - Toni Hayden (1971, TV Mini-Series) - Julie Andrew Das Blaue Palais (1976, TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes) - Eva (1981, by Jacques Doillon) - La fiancée Manuel (1986) - Manuel's Mother Friedenspolka (1987, TV film) - Elke Holst