Evi Kent (born 1939) was a Czech-born German

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and television actress and also enjoyed some success as a singer. She was born in

Brünn Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inha ...

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

, shortly before it was Occupied by Germany. She later settled in West Germany following the

Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia The expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II was part of a series of evacuations and deportations of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, th ...

after the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and studied acting in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. One of her first film roles was in

Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (19 ...

's '' My Father, the Actor''.Greco p.204

Selected filmography

* ''

Mamitschka ''Mamitschka'' is a 1955 West German comedy-drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Mila Kopp, Rudolf Platte and Jester Naefe. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location around Bamberg in Bavaria. The film's sets were design ...

'' (1955) * '' My Father, the Actor'' (1956) * '' Friederike von Barring'' (1956) * '' Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett'' (1957) * ''

Our Crazy Aunts ''Our Crazy Aunts'' (german: Unsere tollen Tanten) is a 1961 Austrian comedy film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Gunther Philipp, Gus Backus, and Vivi Bach. It was followed by two sequels ''Our Crazy Nieces'' and ''Our Crazy Aunts in the S ...

'' (1961) * ''

Dance with Me into the Morning ''Dance with Me Into the Morning'' (German: ''Tanze mit mir in den Morgen'') is a 1962 Austrian musical film directed by Peter Dörre and starring Gerhard Wendland, Guggi Löwinger and Rex Gildo.Von Dassanowsky p.184 The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1962) * '' Verrückt und zugenäht'' (1962) * '' No Kissing Under Water'' (1962) * ''

Our Crazy Nieces ''Our Crazy Nieces'' (german: Unsere tollen Nichten) is a 1963 Austrian comedy film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Gunther Philipp, Vivi Bach, and Paul Hörbiger. It was the second part in a trilogy of films which began with ''Our Crazy Au ...

'' (1963) * '' Allotria in Zell am See'' (1963) * '' Happy-End am Wörthersee'' (1964) * ''

The World Revolves Around You ''The World Revolves Around You'' (German: ''Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich'') is a 1964 Austrian musical film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Gitte Hænning, Rex Gildo and Claus Biederstaedt.Von Dassanowsky p.186 It was sho ...

'' (1964) * ''

Blue Blooms the Gentian ''Blue Blooms the Gentian'' (German: ''Blau blüht der Enzian'') is a 1973 West German musical comedy film directed by Franz Antel and starring Ilja Richter, Catharina Conti and Hansi Kraus.Schliesser, Roman & Moser, Leo. ''Die Supernase: Karl S ...

'' (1973)

References

Bibliography

* Greco, Joseph. ''The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood, 1941–1951''. Universal-Publishers, 1999.

External links

* 1939 births Living people Czech film actresses German film actresses People from Brno {{Austria-bio-stub