Petra Unkel
Born(1925-03-03)3 March 1925
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died2001 (aged 75–76)
Kempten, Bavaria, Germany
Other namesPetra Unkel-Klinder
Occupations
  • Film actress
  • voice actress
  • radio spokesperson
  • cabaret performer
Years active1929–1958 (film)[1]

Petra Unkel (3 March 1925 – 2001), also known as Petra Unkel-Klinder, was a Hungarian-born actress of German film, singer, voice actress, radio spokesperson and 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 Nancy Olson, 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]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ BFI: NACKT-WIE GOTT SIE SCHUF (1958)
  2. ↑ "Nackt-wie Gott sie schuf (1958)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  3. ↑ Waldman p.100
  4. ↑ "Petra Unkel". DOKsite. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

Bibliography

  • Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.
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