Gitta Lind (17 April 1925 – 9 November 1974) was a German singer and film actress.
Lind was born in
Trier
Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle (river), Moselle in Germany. It lies in a v ...
as Rita Maria Gracher. During her first employment as a singer she changed her name to Gitta Lind, a tribute to
Gitta Alpár and
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind (Madame Goldschmidt) (6 October 18202 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in ...
. She was married four times, in her second marriage from 1951 to 1954 to the actor
Joachim Fuchsberger. She died in
Tutzing
Tutzing is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Starnberg (district), Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany, on the west bank of the Starnberger See. Just 40 km south-west of Munich and with good views of the Alps, the town wa ...
and was buried in Trier.
Selected filmography
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Hit Parade'' (1953)
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Scandal at the Girls' School'' (1953)
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Marriage Impostor'' (1954)
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The Perfect Couple'' (1954)
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Music in the Blood'' (1955)
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My Wife Makes Music'' (1958)
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1925 births
1974 deaths
20th-century German actresses
German film actresses
People from Trier
20th-century German women singers
Actresses from Rhineland-Palatinate
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