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Heidi Brühl

1942 – 1991

German singer and actress

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Lived 1942 – 1991 (aged 49). Heidi Brühl was a German singer, film actor, record producer, actor, dancer and musician.

Heidi Rosemarie Brühl (; 30 January 1942

Eurovision Song Contest Brühl first took part in the German Eurovision selection in 1960 with Michael Jary's "Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehn" ("We Never Want to Be Apart"), which finished in second place but went on to top the German singles chart for nine weeks. She participated again in 1963, and this time was successful when "Marcel" was chosen to go forward to the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 which took place on 23 March in London. "Marcel" finished the evening in ninth place of 16 entries.

Later acting career Brühl co-starred with Guy Williams in the 1963 film Captain Sindbad. She met American actor Brett Halsey and moved with him to Rome, where they married in December 1964. In 1970, she moved to the United States where she appeared in Las Vegas and in episodes of such television series as Columbo "The Most Dangerous Match" (1973; Peter Falk, Laurence Harvey, Jack Kruschen). She returned to Germany to play in two further Immenhof sequels in 1973–1974, The Twins from Immenhof and Spring in Immenhof. She appeared in The Eiger Sanction in 1975 as Anna Montaigne, the seductive wife of a French climber, with Clint Eastwood and George Kennedy.

Brühl and Halsey divorced in 1976 and she returned to live in Germany the following year. She did dubbing work on films such as The NeverEnding Story and Look Who's Talking Too. Her last roles were in television serials such as Ein Fall für zwei and Praxis Bülowbogen.

Death Brühl died of breast cancer on 8 June 1991 in Starnberg, aged 49.

Selected filmography The Country Schoolmaster (1954), as Sternchen The Last Summer (1954), as Jessika's sister The Immenhof Girls (1955), as Dalli Voss (1956), as Dalli Voss Confessions of Felix Krull (1957), as Eleanor Precocious Youth (1957), as Inge (1957), as Dalli Voss Ooh... diese Ferien (1958), as Monika Petermann Crime After School (1959), as Ulla Anders The Shepherd from Trutzberg (1959), as Hilda von Puechstein Two Times Adam, One Time Eve (1959), as Kaarina Freddy and the Melody of the Night (1960), as Inge The Hero of My Dreams (1960), as Marianne Kleinschmidt I Will Always Be Yours (1960), as Marianne Seibold One Prettier Than the Other (1961), as Gaby Fabian The Gypsy Baron (1962), as Arsena Zsupan Captain Sindbad (1963), as Princess Jana Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match (1973, TV), as Linda Robinson The Twins from Immenhof (1973), as Dalli Voss How to Seduce a Woman (1974), as Doctor Winifred Sisters Spring in Immenhof (1974), as Dalli Voss The Eiger Sanction (1975), as Anna Montaigne (1977), as Anne Coronado

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Who was Heidi Brühl?

German singer and actress (1942–1991)

When was Heidi Brühl born?

Heidi Brühl was born on 30 January 1942 in Munich.

When did Heidi Brühl die?

Heidi Brühl died on 8 June 1991 in Starnberg.

What was Heidi Brühl's occupation?

Heidi Brühl was a singer, film actor, record producer, actor, dancer and musician.

What nationality was Heidi Brühl?

Heidi Brühl was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Heidi Brühl

· Wikidata: Q66019

· DBpedia: Heidi Brühl

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