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Zarah Leander

Zarah Leander (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sa.ʁa leː.ˈʔan.dɐ]; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). Although no exact record sales numbers exist, she was probably among Europe's best-selling recording artists in the years prior to 1945. Her involvement with UFA caused her films and lyrics to be identified as Nazi propaganda. Though she had taken no public political position and was dubbed an "Enemy of Germany" by Joseph Goebbels, she remained a controversial figure for the rest of her life. As a singer, Leander was known for her confident style and her deep contralto voice, and was also known as a "female baritone".

Known For: Acting

Born: Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden, 1907-03-15

Died: 1981-06-23

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	Dante's Mysteries	Grand Café Guest / Singing Demon	0
2	1931	The Wrong Millionaire	Marguerite Lebon	50
3	1935	The Marriage Game	Tora Diidiken	0
4	1937	Premiere	Carmen Daviot	55
5	1937	To New Shores	Gloria Vane	67
6	1937	La Habanera	Astree Sternhjelm	61
7	1938	Homeland	Magda von Schwartze	70
8	1938	The Four Companions	Sängerin	59
9	1938	Der Blaufuchs	Ilona Paulus	60
10	1939	It Was a Gay Ballnight	Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina	64
11	1939	The Desert Song	Grace Collins	50
12	1940	The Heart of a Queen	Maria Stuart	62
13	1941	Der Weg ins Freie	Antonia Corvelli	50
14	1942	The Great Love	Hanna Holberg	66
15	1943	Damals	Vera Meiners aka Gloria O'Connor	66
16	1946	As Long As I Live	Singer	0
17	1948	Leckerbissen	Self - film scenes (archive footage)	0
18	1949	Terras fönster 2		0
19	1950	Gabriela	Gabriela	0
20	1952	Cuba Cabana	Arabella	43
21	1953	Ave Maria	Sängerin Karin Twerdy	70
22	1954	It Was Always So Nice with You	Filmstar	40
23	1959	The Blue Moth	Julia Martens	0
24	1963	Konstgjorda Pompe		55
25	1964	Das Blaue vom Himmel	Désirée	0
26	1966	How I Learned to Love Women	Olga	40
27	1974	Ich bin die Leander - das muss reichen…	Self	0
28	1975	Ein Walzer zu zweien	Self	0
29	1976	Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture	Self - Interviewee	0
30	1995	Stjärnbilder	(archive footage)	0
31	2002	The Great Yiddish Love	(archive footage)	0
32	2013	Die Akte Zarah Leander	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role
1	1964	Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen	Self
2	1964	Vergißmeinnicht	Self
3	1965	Hör hin, schau zu!	Self
4	1968	Seniorenclub	Self
5	1969	Das Sonntagskonzert	Self
6	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self (archive footage)
7	2001	Hitlers Frauen	Self (archive footage)