Anneliese Uhlig (27 August 1918 – 17 June 2017) was a German-born film actress.

Anneliese Uhlig
Born27 August 1918
Died17 June 2017 (aged 98)
OccupationActress
Years active1937–1998

Uhlig made her film debut in 1937, and went on to appear in a number of leading roles in Germany cinema during the Nazi era. She was also one of a number of foreign figures to appear in Italian films during the era.[1] After the war she married an American, lived in the United States and in South East Asia, and worked as a journalist and lecturer. Uhlig died in June 2017 at the age of 98.[2]

German leading lady of the 1930s and 1940s, discovered by Thea von Harbou and on stage from 1938.

In 1940, she was brought to Lanke, the country estate of Hitler's propaganda minister and film minister, Josef Goebbels. He told her it was a unique chance for her to have an affair with one of the greatest men in all of Germany (himself) and promised her a great career. She rebuffed his advances and three days later, work on her film was stopped. Goebbels' undersecretary, Karl Hanke found out about the incident and brought her to Frau Goebbels to tell her story. She asked Annaliese her side of the story and after she shared what happened to her, Magda burst into tears. She told Anneliese "I confronted my husband and he said 'on the lives of our children, it wasn't like that.', but when I hear it from you, I have to believe you." Josef lorded his power over the film industry and slept with most actresses. Those who wouldn't touch him found themselves out of work. Josef Goebbels consequently prevented her from acting in German films. However, her close friend, opera star Maria Cebotari, secured for her work in the Italian film industry. After making five pictures in Italy she was ordered back to Germany in 1943 to be utilised for army welfare. She was subsequently employed as translator/caretaker for the expatriate family of deposed dictator Benito Mussolini who had been moved to a Bavarian castle.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1937 Manege Maria Morell
1938 Stimme des Blutes
1939 Die Stimme aus dem Äther Brigitte von Gersdorf
1939 The Curtain Falls Alice Souchy
1939 The Right to Love Melanie v. Salurn, seine Tochter
1939 Verdacht auf Ursula Pflegetochter Monika
1940 Commissioner Eyck Barbara Sydow
1940 Golowin geht durch die Stadt Madeleine
1940 Herz ohne Heimat Verena Wieland, Musikstudentin
1941 Blutsbrüderschaft Krankenschwester Barbara
1942 Don Cesare di Bazan Renée Dumas
1943 Mater dolorosa Maria di Santafiore
1943 Tempesta sul golfo Lady Emma Winton
1943 The Master of the Estate Julia Dahl
1943 La primadonna Ippolita Schramm
1944 Um neun kommt Harald Rechtsanwältin Dr. Reinhardt
1944 La Fornarina Leonora d'Este
1945 Anna Alt Anna Alt, eine Pianistin
1945 Das Mädchen Juanita Helene Henseling
1949 The Appeal to Conscience Senora de la Serna
1953 As Long as You're Near Me
1956 Dany, bitte schreiben Sie Helen Turner
1973-1974 Okay S.I.R. [de] S.I.R. 32 episodes
1974 The Moonstone [de] Lady Julia Verinder 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Brunetta p.84
  2. ^ Killius, Rosemarie. "Anneliese Uhlig ist tot: Die Frau, die sich Goebbels widersetzte". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909.

Bibliography

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  • Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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