Hilde Krüger

Hilde Krüger (9 November 1912 – 8 May 1991) was a German film actress who eventually settled in Mexico.

Life Krüger was born in 1912. One source says she was born in Cologne

She is suspected of working as a spy for the Abwehr, the German intelligence department during the Second World War. She allegedly cultivated leading figures in Mexican society, including Undersecretary of the Treasury Ramón Beteta Quintana and Secretary of the Interior (and future president) Miguel Alemán Valdés. She had intended to settle in Hollywood, but she struggled to find work and had to leave for Mexico.

She died in 1991 on a visit to Germany; the death certificate lists her residence as an apartment in New York City.

Selected filmography Playing with Fire (1934) She and the Three (1935) Stradivari (1935) Peter, Paul and Nanette (1935) Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! (1935) Incognito (1936) The Man Who Couldn't Say No (1938) He Who Died of Love (1945) Adultery (1945)