Gerlind Cornell Borchers (16 March 1925 – 12 May 2014) was a Lithuanian-German actress and singer, active in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for her roles opposite Montgomery Clift in '' The Big Lift'' (1950) and Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole in '' Istanbul'' (1957). She was said to resemble

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in mid-1950s reviews.

Biography

Borchers was born in Šilutė ( German: Heydekrug), Klaipėda Region ( German: Memelland),

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

in a German either

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or Memellander family. She appeared on the cover of East German

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'' Neue Film Welt'' of 1949, Volume 3, Issue 4. She won a BAFTA Film Award in the category of Best Foreign Actress in 1955 for the movie '' The Divided Heart'' (1954). She retired from acting to raise her children. She was married twice, first to Bruce Cunningham and then to Dr.

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, a psychologist, physician and film producer, whom she first met when she starred in his films ''

School for Marriage ''School for Marriage'' (german: Schule für Eheglück) is a 1954 West German comedy film directed by Rainer Geis and Anton Schelkopf and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Cornell Borchers, and Liselotte Pulver. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in M ...

'' (1954) and '' Rot ist die Liebe'' (1957), by whom she had one daughter, Julia Borchers-Schelkopf, born in Munich, on 15 October 1962. She afterwards lived in Bavaria, Germany and died there in 2014.

Filmography

*'' Anonymous Letters'' (1949) .... Cornelia *'' Martina'' (1949) .... Irene *'' Unknown Sender'' (1950) .... Dr. Elisabeth Markert *' (1950) .... Maria Mertens *'' The Big Lift'' (1950) .... Frederica Burkhardt (also performer: "Vielleicht" and "In einem kleinen Café in Hernals") *'' The Lie'' (1950) .... Ellen *'' Die Tödlichen Träume'' (1951) .... Angelika / Inez / Lisette / Maria * ''

Immortal Light ''Immortal Light'' (german: Unvergängliches Licht) is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Rudolf Forster, Cornell Borchers and Volker von Collande.Bock & Bergfelder p. 487 It was shot at the Bavaria Studi ...

'' (1951) .... Michèle Printemps *''

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'' (1951) .... Marie Campenhausen *'' Dark Eyes'' (1951) .... Helene Samboni *'' Adventure in Vienna'' (1952) .... Karin Manelli *'' House of Life'' (1952) .... Dr. Elisabeth Keller *''

'' (1954) .... Regine *''

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'' (1954) .... Nora *'' The Divided Heart'' (1954) .... Inga *''

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'' (1955) .... Karine Salstroem *''

The Dark Wave ''The Dark Wave'' is a 1956 American short documentary film directed by Jean Negulesco about a young girl with severe epilepsy. The short stars Charles Bickford and features Nancy Davis, the actress who would later become First Lady of the Unite ...

'' (1956) .... Herself *''

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'' (1956) .... Lisa Gosting (also performer: "For the First Time") *'' Rot ist die Liebe'' (1957) .... Rosemarie *'' Istanbul'' (1957) .... Stephanie Bauer / Karen Fielding *'' Flood Tide'' (1958) .... Anne Gordon *''

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'' (1959) .... Harriet Owen (final film role)

References

External links

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Virtual History
{{DEFAULTSORT:Borchers, Cornell 1925 births 2014 deaths 20th-century German actresses 20th-century Lithuanian actresses Best Foreign Actress BAFTA Award winners German film actresses German people of Lithuanian descent Lithuanian film actresses Lithuanian people of German descent Naturalized citizens of Germany