Christa Williams (born: Christa Bojarzin 5 February 1926 – 28 or 29 July 2012) was a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Williams was chosen to represent
Switzerland at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1959
The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the in Cannes, France, and hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert. Organised by the European B ...
with the song "
Irgendwoher" ''(From Somewhere)''. The song finished fourth out of 11 songs, and gained a total of 14 points.
Selected filmography
* ''
At the Green Cockatoo by Night
''At the Green Cockatoo by Night'' (german: Nachts im grünen Kakadu) is a 1957 West German musical film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Dieter Borsche and Renate Ewert.
It was made by Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios in ...
'' (1957)
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The Legs of Dolores'' (1957)
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Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (1959)
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Pension Schöller'' (1960)
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I Learned That in Paris'' (1960)
See also
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Eurovision Song Contest 1959
The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the in Cannes, France, and hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert. Organised by the European B ...
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Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut at the first contest in , missing only four contests, in 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003. Switzerland hosted the first contest in 1956 in Lugano, and won it. S ...
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1926 births
2012 deaths
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Switzerland
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1959
People from Trier
20th-century German musicians
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