Helga Anders (11 January 1948 – 30 March 1986) was an Austrian actress. She was born Helga Scherz in

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, to an Austrian father and a German mother, and she grew up in

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and

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after her parents divorced. She made her stage debut at the age of eight. Anders is best known in Great Britain for her part in the Yugoslav-West German television series '' The White Horses'', and is also remembered for playing several roles in the German TV series ''

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''.

Personal life

She had a daughter, Tatjana Leslie, with the actor

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. She appeared as one of 28 women under the banner

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(Wir haben abgetrieben!) on the cover page of the West German magazine ''

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'' on 6 June 1971. In that issue, 374 women publicly stated that they had had pregnancies terminated, which at that time was illegal.

Death

Her addictions with alcohol and drugs resulted in her death at 38. She died of heart failure in Haar, Bavaria, West Germany.

Selected filmography

* '' Max the Pickpocket'' (1962), as Brigitte Schilling * '' Die Unverbesserlichen'' (1965–1967, TV series, 3 episodes), as Lore Scholz * '' Der Forellenhof'' (1965, TV series, 8 episodes), as Christa Buchner * '' How to Seduce a Playboy'' (1966), as Lucy * ' (1966), as Anni Leithner * '' The White Horses'' (1966, TV series, 13 episodes), as Julia * ' (1967), as Angela * '' Murderers Club of Brooklyn'' (1967), as Edna Cormick * ' (1967), as Linda * ''

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'' (1967), as Gaby * ' (1968), as Helga Arnold * ' (1968), as Monika * ' (''Häschen in der Grube'', 1969), as Leslie * '' The Unnaturals'' (1969), as Elizabeth * '' Our Doctor is the Best'' (1969), as Loni Vogt * '' Der Kommissar: "Die Schrecklichen"'' (1969, TV series episode), as Herta Panse * ' (1970), as Alice * '' Der Kommissar: "Tod eines Schulmädchens"'' (1972, TV series episode), as Kirsten Benda * ''Fall nicht in den Schwanensee'' (1973, TV film) * '' Pan'' (1973) * ''

'' - Season 1, Episode 2: ' (1974, TV series episode), as Roswitha Meinecke * '' The Clown'' (1976), as Sabine * : "" (1976, TV series episode), as Renate Cand * ' (1976), as Kimmi * '' Das Blaue Palais'', Episode 5: ''"Unsterblichkeit"'' (1976, TV series episode), as Yvonne * ''

'' - Season 4, Episode 2: ''"Hals in der Schlinge"'' (1977, TV series episode), as Heli * ''

'' - Season 5, Episode 2: ''"Tod eines Fans"'' (1978, TV series episode), as Vera Höfer * ''

'' - Season 5, Episode 7: ''"Kaffee mit Beate"'' (1978, TV series episode), as Beate Schill * ''

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: "Teufelsbrut"'' (1979, TV series episode), as Christa Brückner * '' Hurricane Rosy'' (1979), as Charlotte * ''

'' - Season 7, Episode 8: ''"Auf einem Gutshof"'' (1980, TV series episode), as Waltraud Heimann * ''

: "Bruderliebe"'' (1980, TV series episode), as Anita Will * ''

'' - Season 8, Episode 2: ''"Der Kanal"'' (1982, TV series episode), as Hannelore Junker * ''

'' - Season 11, Episode 13: ''"Der Klassenbeste"'' (1984, TV series episode), as Uschi * '' Ein Fall für zwei: "Blutsbande"'' (1985, TV series episode), as Monika Brauer

References

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Biographical information

1948 births 1986 deaths Actresses from Innsbruck Austrian film actresses Austrian television actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses {{Austria-actor-stub