Senta Berger

Senta Berger was born on the 13 th May 1941. She is an Austrian film, stage and TV actress. She is also a producer and author. source...

Senta Berger was born on the 13^th May 1941. She is an Austrian film, stage and TV actress. She is also a producer and author.

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She was married to a director and a producer of the country called Michael Verhoeven in the year 1966, and they gave birth to the actors of the country called Simon and Luca Verhoeven.

Early Life and Career

Senta Berger is the daughter of the musician Josef Berger and teacher Therese Jany. She appeared on the stage of the country for the first time at the age of 4 when the father accompanied her singing with the piano and she started her ballet lesson when she was 5 years o age.

She also took private lessons in acting and got a small role in the one of the final films that was directed by the auteur of the country called Willi Forst. She became the youngest member of the Josefstadt Theatre in the city of Vienna in the year 1958.

She moved t the Hollywood in the year 1962 and worked with the stars like Charlton Heston, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Richard Widmark, John Wayne and Yul Brynner. And later wnet back to Germany to take a role in the series of the country that have brought an obligation for many years in the country.

Senta Berger started her film production company together with Michael Verhoeven in the year 1965 in the year 1966, they got married and in the year 1970, she appeared for the first time in a movie that was directed by her husband and produced by her own company.

In November of the year 1964, she made a guest appearance in the an episode of the United States TV show called The Man from U.N.C.L.E, named The Double Affair. The TV show was later expanded and dropped in the cinemas of the country as a feature movie called The Spy with My Face in the year 1965. \

Senta Berger was the head of Jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival in the year 1971 and 21 years after that, Senta Berger was part of the jury at the 48^th Berlin International Film Festival. She went back to the theatre after the birth of her two boys. And played at the Bugtheatre of the city of Vienna, she also played the Thaliatheatre in the city of Hamburg and also at the Schillertheater in the city of Berlin. She played the role of Buhlschaft in the play of the country called Jedermann at the Salzbug festival with actors of the country like Curd Jürgens and Maximilian Schell.

Since the year 2003, Senta Berger has been the president of the German film Academy that has the intentions of advancing the new generation actors and actress in Germany and Europe.

Honours and awards

Ø Bambi Prize (1968)

Ø Bravo Otto in Bronze (1969)

Ø Film Award in Silver (production) for Die Weiße Rose on behalf of the film company Sentana (1983)

Ø German Actor Award (Chaplin-shoe) for her role in Kir Royal (1987)

Ø Bambi Prize, Special Bambi "Unknockable Stars" (1990)

Ø Golden Gong (1996)

Ø Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1999)^[4]

Ø Karl Valentin Orden (1998)

Ø Golden Romy as the most popular actress (1998)

Ø Bambi Prize in the category for the National Television ARD Vierteiler Love and Other Catastrophes (1999)

Ø Federal Cross of Merit (1999)

Ø Bavarian Order of Merit (2002)

Ø German Hörbuchpreis (2003)

Ø Medal Munich shines (for outstanding service to Munich) (2003)

Ø Hessian TV award as an ensemble member of the film The Conference (2005)

Ø Golden Ox - Honorary Award of the Film Arts Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the Sentana Film Production Senta Berger and Michael Verhoeven (2005)

Ø Billy Wilder Award (2006)

Ø Platinum Romy for lifetime achievement (2007)

Ø Special Prize of the German TV crime Award for her starring role in the WDR production Schlaflos ("Sleepless") (2009)

Ø Herbert-Strate Prize of the NRW Film Foundation and the Association HDF Kino Cinema (2009)

Ø German Television Award for Best Actress for her leading role in Schlaflos (2009)

Ø Special Prize at the Television Film Festival in Baden-Baden for outstanding dramatic performance in Frau Böhm sagt Nein (2009)

Ø Golden Camera Award in the category Best Actress in German Frau Böhm sagt Nein and Schlaflos (2010)

Ø Adolf Grimme Award for her performance in Frau Böhm sagt Nein (2010)

Ø Bavarian Television Award for best actress says in the "TV Movie" for her role in the film Frau Böhm sagt Nein (2010)

Ø Grand Diagonale drama prize for lifetime achievement (2010)

Ø Star on the Boulevard of Stars in Berlin (2010)

Ø Hans Abich Award for outstanding services in television and film (Television Film Festival, Baden-Baden, 2010)