Petra Unkel

Petra Unkel
Born (1925-03-03) 3 March 1925
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Other names Petra Unkel-Klinder
Occupation Actress, voice actress, cabaret performer
Years active 1929–1958 (film)

Petra Unkel (born 3 March 1925), also known as Petra Unkel-Klinder, is a German film actress, voice actress and cabaret artist. She was born in Budapest, in what was then the Kingdom of Hungary, and was the daughter of tenor Peter Unkel (1880–1942).

Career

Unkel became best known as a child star. She made her debut appearance on screen as a four-year-old during the silent film era, in Napoleon at Saint Helena, starring Werner Krauss as Napoleon. Her first starring role, opposite Richard Tauber, came in 1932 in 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.

From 1946 she 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.[1]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Waldman p.100

Bibliography

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


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