Dagmar Koller is an Austrian actress and singer.

Born in Klagenfurt

Klagenfurt

-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...

, she is recognized as the leading German language musical star of her time. She married Austrian journalist and politician, Helmut Zilk

Helmut Zilk

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, in 1978, and became the first lady

First Lady

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 of Vienna while he served as mayor

Mayor

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. During this time she maintained her active career as a musical star, playing the roles of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

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 and Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha

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, while also hosting her own television show. As First Lady of Vienna

Vienna

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 she received such international luminaries as Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales

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, Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

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, Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli....

,
Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

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, and American First Lady, Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

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. She is credited with having saved her husband's life after a letter bomb explosion in their private residence.

External links

• Official site