Karin Himboldt (1920–2005) was a German

film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

.Goble p.197 She is perhaps best known for her roles in the

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comedy films ''

Quax the Crash Pilot ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' () is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt and Lothar Firmans. It is also sometimes translated as ''Quax the Test Pilot''. It features the popular song " Homeland ...

'' (1941) and '' Die Feuerzangenbowle'' (1944). Her career was damaged in 1944 when the Nazi regime banned her from filming: Himboldt had denied the

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at the premiere of ''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' and was also married to a so-called "

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". She retired from film acting in 1959 and married the boss of a chemical concern in Basel.

Filmography

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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'' 1920 births 2005 deaths German film actresses Actresses from Munich {{Germany-film-actor-1920s-stub