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Cornell Borchers
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Cornell Borchers and Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift
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Gerlind Cornell Borchers
16 March 1925 Šilutė, Lithuania
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| Died | 12 May 2014 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–1959 |
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| Children | Julia Borchers-Schelkopf (b. 1962) |
Gerlind Cornell Borchers (born March 16, 1925 – died May 12, 2014) was an actress and singer. She was from Lithuania and Germany. She was famous in the late 1940s and 1950s. People remember her for movies like The Big Lift (1950) with Montgomery Clift. She also starred in Istanbul (1957) with Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole. Some people thought she looked like the famous actress Ingrid Bergman.
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About Cornell Borchers
Cornell Borchers was born in Šilutė, Lithuania. This area was also known by its German name, Heydekrug. She grew up in a German family.
Early Career and Awards
In 1949, Cornell Borchers appeared on the cover of a magazine called Neue Film Welt. She became well-known for her acting. In 1955, she won an important award. She received a BAFTA Film Award. This was for the Best Foreign Actress category. She won it for her role in the movie The Divided Heart (1954).
Family Life and Retirement
Cornell Borchers was married two times. Her first husband was Bruce Cunningham. Later, she married Dr. Anton Schelkopf. He was a psychologist, doctor, and film producer. They met when she acted in his movies. These films included School for Marriage (1954) and Rot ist die Liebe (1957).
Cornell and Anton had one daughter together. Her name is Julia Borchers-Schelkopf, and she was born in Munich in 1962. Cornell Borchers decided to stop acting to focus on raising her children. She later lived in Bavaria, Germany, where she passed away in 2014.
Movies She Starred In
Here is a list of movies where Cornell Borchers acted:
- Anonymous Letters (1949) .... Cornelia
- Martina (1949) .... Irene
- Unknown Sender (1950) .... Dr. Elisabeth Markert
- 0 Uhr 15 Zimmer 9 (1950) .... Maria Mertens
- The Big Lift (1950) .... Frederica Burkhardt (also sang songs like "Vielleicht")
- The Lie (1950) .... Ellen
- Die Tödlichen Träume (1951) .... Angelika / Inez / Lisette / Maria
- Immortal Light (1951) .... Michèle Printemps
- Das Ewige Spiel (1951) .... Marie Campenhausen
- Dark Eyes (1951) .... Helene Samboni
- Adventure in Vienna (1952) .... Karin Manelli
- House of Life (1952) .... Dr. Elisabeth Keller
- School for Marriage (1954) .... Regine
- Maxie (1954) .... Nora
- The Divided Heart (1954) .... Inga
- Oasis (1955) .... Karine Salstroem
- The Dark Wave (1956) .... Herself
- Never Say Goodbye (1956) .... Lisa Gosting (also sang "For the First Time")
- Rot ist die Liebe (1957) .... Rosemarie
- Istanbul (1957) .... Stephanie Bauer / Karen Fielding
- Flood Tide (1958) .... Anne Gordon
- Arzt ohne Gewissen (1959) .... Harriet Owen (her last movie role)
See also
In Spanish: Cornell Borchers para niños
