Margit Nünke (15 November 1930, in

Stettin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...

– 10 January 2015, in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

) was a German actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder.

Life

Nünke became

Miss Germany Miss Germany is a national beauty pageant in Germany. The contest was held for the first time in 1927. History In the past there were several organisations which claimed the title: In the 1920s already, German jurisdiction decided that the tit ...

on 11 June 1955 after previously being Miss North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1956, she won the election for Miss Europe 1956. When

Miss Universe 1955 Miss Universe 1955, the 4th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 22 July 1955 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States, with 33 female competitors. This was the first Miss Universe pageant to be aired on televis ...

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporate ...

, they reached the final and 4th place. She appeared from 1957 to 1965 in nine feature films and two television movies, and from 1984 to 1985 in the TV series A class apart with. Margit Nünke was the female lead in several films and was a partner of

Peter Alexander Peter Alexander may refer to: * Pete Alexander (born Grover Cleveland Alexander; 1887–1950), American baseball player * Peter Alexander (Shakespearean scholar) (1893–1969), professor of English language and literature at the University of Glasgo ...

Gerhard Riedmann Gerhard Riedmann (1925–2004) was an Austrian film actor. He was married to the actress Eva Probst. Partial filmography * ''Das andere Leben'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''Child of the Danube'' (1950) - Bit Part (uncredited) * ' (1951) - Max' Freu ...

, and Toni Sailer, among others. As a singer, she recorded several singles, including a duet with

Peter Garden Peter Garden (born Karl-Heinz Rothmayer; 1924–2015) was a popular German stage, television, film actor and singer,Cowie p.120 whose career ended abruptly in 1970 when it was revealed by some of his victims that he had worked in 1944 as a paid '' ...

Later years

Nünke lived in Munich with her husband of more than 40 years, actor

. Garden died on 7 January 2015; Margit Nünke died three days later.Obituary
, filmdienst.de; accessed 12 March 2015.

Selected filmography

* '' Engaged to Death'' (1957) * '' Arena of Fear'' (1959) * ''

Twelve Girls and One Man ''Twelve Girls and One Man'' (German: ''Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann'') is a 1959 Austrian comedy film directed by Hans Quest and starring Toni Sailer, Margit Nünke and Gunther Philipp.Büttner & Dewald p.350 It was shot at the Rosenhügel Stud ...

'' (1959) * ''

Guitars Sound Softly Through the Night ''Guitars Sound Softly Through the Night'' (German: ''Gitarren klingen leise durch die Nacht'') is a 1960 Austrian romantic musical film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Fred Bertelmann, Margit Nünke and Vivi Bach.Bliersbach p.49 It was sh ...

'' (1960)

External links

*
British Film Institute profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nunke, Margit 1930 births 2015 deaths German beauty pageant winners German film actresses German television actresses Miss Universe 1955 contestants Actors from Szczecin