Senta Berger
Encyclopedia
Senta Berger is an Austria
n film, stage and television actress, producer
and author.
Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as one of the leading German-speaking actresses in polls, Berger has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include three Bambi Awards
, two Romys
, an Adolf Grimme Award, both a Deutscher
and a Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
, and a Goldene Kamera.
Berger married director and producer Michael Verhoeven
in 1966. They are the parents of actors Simon
and Luca Verhoeven.
lessons.
Berger also took private acting lessons. In 1957, she won her first small role in one of the final films directed by Austrian
auteur Willi Forst
. She applied for the Max Reinhardt
Seminar, a famous acting school in Vienna, and was accepted, but she left shortly afterwards after accepting a film role without permission. In 1958, she became the youngest member of the Josefstadt Theatre in Vienna.
with Berger and the German
actor Heinz Rühmann
. Brauner used Berger in several films, but she soon tired of musicals
. In 1962, she went to Hollywood and worked with stars such as Charlton Heston
, Dean Martin
, Frank Sinatra
, Richard Widmark
, John Wayne
, and Yul Brynner
. She returned to Germany to accept an offer for a role in a series, which would have brought an obligation of several years.
In 1963, Berger met Michael Verhoeven
, son of the German film director Paul Verhoeven (not to be confused with the Dutch Paul Verhoeven). They started their own film production company in 1965. In 1966, Senta and Michael married. In 1970, she starred for the first time in a film produced by her own company and directed by her husband. Other internationally successful films made by the duo included, amongst others, Die weiße Rose
, The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen) and Mutters Courage. Berger continued to develop her European career in France
and Italy
.
In 1966, Berger co-starred with Kirk Douglas
in the movie Cast a Giant Shadow
. Berger played the role of Magda, a soldier in the Israel
i army during the Israeli War of Independence (1948). She played the role of a German schoolteacher involved in neo-Nazi activity opposite Max von Sydow
and George Segal
in The Quiller Memorandum
, also released in 1966.
In 1967, Berger acted in the pilot movie for the Robert Wagner
television series It Takes a Thief, which aired on American television network ABC
on January 9, 1968. She reprised her role in the series in October 1969, in an episode in which her character was killed off.
In 1977, she was head of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival
.
Following the birth of her two sons (including the actor-director Simon Verhoeven
), Berger returned to theatre work. She played at the Burgtheater
in Vienna, at the Thaliatheater in Hamburg
and at the Schillertheater in Berlin
. Between 1974 and 1982, she played the “Buhlschaft” in the play Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival
with Curd Jürgens
and Maximilian Schell
. She also co-starred with Schell and James Coburn
in the acclaimed war movie Cross of Iron
(1977). In 1985–86, Berger started a comeback in front of German-speaking audiences in the TV serial Kir Royal. Further serial hits followed, like The Fast Gerti, where she played a taxi driver.
In the same year, she also started a career as a singer of Chanson
s. 2005 saw her in the film, Einmal so wie ich will, as a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage who finds love on holiday, but turns her back on the relationship.
Since February 2003, Berger has been president of the German Film Academy, which seeks to advance the new generation of actors and actresses in Germany and Europe. The Academy will decide the assignment of the German Film Awards in the future.
was published in Germany
: Ich habe ja gewußt, daß ich fliegen kann ("I Knew That I Could Fly"). Among her memories of Hollywood are a less-than-subtle attempt by Darryl Zanuck to get her on his casting couch
, and being called "You German pig" on her first day on the set of Major Dundee
by a gaffer whose wife had lost her family in Auschwitz.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n film, stage and television actress, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and author.
Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as one of the leading German-speaking actresses in polls, Berger has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include three Bambi Awards
Bambi (prize)
The Bambi - Deutschlands Wichtigster Medienpreis, often simply called Bambi Awards and stylized as BAMBI, are presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year",...
, two Romys
Romy (TV award)
The Romy TV award in honor of the actress Romy Schneider was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper Kurier – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed the 30.5 cm gilded trophy. It recalls a scene from the movie The Swimmingpool with Alain Delon, when Romy Schneider...
, an Adolf Grimme Award, both a Deutscher
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
The Deutscher Fernsehpreis is a German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created as a equivalent to the Emmy Awards though it is not organized by an academy and is awarded annually in September or October...
and a Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989.- 2010 :* Nina Gummich, Nachwuchsförderpreis * Klaus Doldinger, Bavarian Prime Minister's Prize- 2009 :...
, and a Goldene Kamera.
Berger married director and producer Michael Verhoeven
Michael Verhoeven
-Life and work:Verhoeven is the son of German film director, Paul Verhoeven . He married actress Senta Berger in 1966; their son is the actor-director Simon Verhoeven. Together, the couple formed a production company to make films...
in 1966. They are the parents of actors Simon
Simon Verhoeven
Simon Verhoeven is a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is the son of the actor Senta Berger and the director Michael Verhoeven. His filmography as an actor includes Bride of the Wind and The Sinking of the Laconia .-Sources:*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894207/...
and Luca Verhoeven.
Early life
Berger is the daughter of Therese Jany, a teacher, and Josef Berger, a musician. She first appeared on stage at the age of four, when her father accompanied her singing on the piano. At the age of five she started balletBallet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
lessons.
Berger also took private acting lessons. In 1957, she won her first small role in one of the final films directed by Austrian
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
auteur Willi Forst
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer...
. She applied for the Max Reinhardt
Max Reinhardt (theatre director)
----Max Reinhardt was an Austrian theater and film director and actor.-Biography:...
Seminar, a famous acting school in Vienna, and was accepted, but she left shortly afterwards after accepting a film role without permission. In 1958, she became the youngest member of the Josefstadt Theatre in Vienna.
Career
Bernhard Wicki and Arthur Brauner produced the film The Good Soldier SchweijkThe Good Soldier Švejk
The Good Soldier Švejk , also spelled Schweik or Schwejk, is the abbreviated title of a unfinished satirical/dark comedy novel by Jaroslav Hašek. It was illustrated by Josef Lada and George Grosz after Hašek's death...
with Berger and the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
actor Heinz Rühmann
Heinz Rühmann
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s...
. Brauner used Berger in several films, but she soon tired of musicals
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
. In 1962, she went to Hollywood and worked with stars such as Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...
, Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
, Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Richard Weedt Widmark was an American film, stage and television actor.He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death...
, John Wayne
John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...
, and Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner was a Russian-born actor of stage and film. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times on...
. She returned to Germany to accept an offer for a role in a series, which would have brought an obligation of several years.
In 1963, Berger met Michael Verhoeven
Michael Verhoeven
-Life and work:Verhoeven is the son of German film director, Paul Verhoeven . He married actress Senta Berger in 1966; their son is the actor-director Simon Verhoeven. Together, the couple formed a production company to make films...
, son of the German film director Paul Verhoeven (not to be confused with the Dutch Paul Verhoeven). They started their own film production company in 1965. In 1966, Senta and Michael married. In 1970, she starred for the first time in a film produced by her own company and directed by her husband. Other internationally successful films made by the duo included, amongst others, Die weiße Rose
Die Weiße Rose (film)
Die Weiße Rose is a 1982 German film about the White Rose resistance to the Nazi authorities led by a group of Christian students in Munich in 1942-1943 whose members were caught and executed in February 1943, shortly after the German capitulation at Stalingrad...
, The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Mädchen) and Mutters Courage. Berger continued to develop her European career in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
In 1966, Berger co-starred with Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past , Champion , Ace in the Hole , The Bad and the Beautiful , Lust for Life , Paths of Glory , Gunfight at the O.K...
in the movie Cast a Giant Shadow
Cast a Giant Shadow
Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 big budget, action movie based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus starring Kirk Douglas and Senta Berger. Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, and Angie Dickinson also appear in supporting roles...
. Berger played the role of Magda, a soldier in the Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i army during the Israeli War of Independence (1948). She played the role of a German schoolteacher involved in neo-Nazi activity opposite Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more...
and George Segal
George Segal
George Segal is an American film, stage and television actor.-Early life:George Segal, Jr. was born in 1934 Great Neck, Long Island, New York, the son of Fannie Blanche and George Segal, Sr. He was educated at George School, a private Quaker preparatory boarding school near Newtown, Bucks County,...
in The Quiller Memorandum
The Quiller Memorandum
The Quiller Memorandum is a film adaptation of the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Trevor Dudley-Smith under the name "Adam Hall", screenplay by Harold Pinter, directed by Michael Anderson, featuring George Segal, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger and Alec Guinness. The film was shot on...
, also released in 1966.
In 1967, Berger acted in the pilot movie for the Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner
Robert John Wagner is an American actor of stage, screen, and television.A veteran of many films in the 1950s and 1960s, Wagner gained prominence in three American television series that spanned three decades: It Takes a Thief , Switch , and Hart to Hart...
television series It Takes a Thief, which aired on American television network ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
on January 9, 1968. She reprised her role in the series in October 1969, in an episode in which her character was killed off.
In 1977, she was head of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival
27th Berlin International Film Festival
The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 24 to July 5, 1977.-Jury:* Senta Berger * Ellen Burstyn* Helène Vager* Rainer Werner Fassbinder* Derek Malcolm* Andrej Michaolkow-Kontschalowski* Ousmane Sembène...
.
Following the birth of her two sons (including the actor-director Simon Verhoeven
Simon Verhoeven
Simon Verhoeven is a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is the son of the actor Senta Berger and the director Michael Verhoeven. His filmography as an actor includes Bride of the Wind and The Sinking of the Laconia .-Sources:*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894207/...
), Berger returned to theatre work. She played at the Burgtheater
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
in Vienna, at the Thaliatheater in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and at the Schillertheater in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Between 1974 and 1982, she played the “Buhlschaft” in the play Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
with Curd Jürgens
Curd Jürgens
Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens.-Early life:...
and Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell is an Austrian-born Swiss actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961...
. She also co-starred with Schell and James Coburn
James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn III was an American film and television actor. Coburn appeared in nearly 70 films and made over 100 television appearances during his 45-year career, and played a wide range of roles and won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.A capable,...
in the acclaimed war movie Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner. The film is set on the Eastern Front in World War II during the Soviet's Caucasus operations that forced the Wehrmacht to retreat from the Taman Peninsula on the...
(1977). In 1985–86, Berger started a comeback in front of German-speaking audiences in the TV serial Kir Royal. Further serial hits followed, like The Fast Gerti, where she played a taxi driver.
In the same year, she also started a career as a singer of Chanson
Chanson
A chanson is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular. A singer specialising in chansons is known as a "chanteur" or "chanteuse" ; a collection of chansons, especially from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, is also known as a chansonnier.-Chanson de geste:The...
s. 2005 saw her in the film, Einmal so wie ich will, as a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage who finds love on holiday, but turns her back on the relationship.
Since February 2003, Berger has been president of the German Film Academy, which seeks to advance the new generation of actors and actresses in Germany and Europe. The Academy will decide the assignment of the German Film Awards in the future.
Memoirs
In the spring of 2006, Berger's autobiographyAutobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
was published in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
: Ich habe ja gewußt, daß ich fliegen kann ("I Knew That I Could Fly"). Among her memories of Hollywood are a less-than-subtle attempt by Darryl Zanuck to get her on his casting couch
Casting couch
The casting couch, casting couch syndrome or casting couch mentality is a term which involves the trading of sexual favors by an aspirant, apprentice employee, or subordinate to a superior, in return for entry into an occupation, or for other career advancement within an organization...
, and being called "You German pig" on her first day on the set of Major Dundee
Major Dundee
Major Dundee is a 1965 Western film written by Harry Julian Fink and directed by Sam Peckinpah. It starred Charlton Heston and Richard Harris as officers from opposing sides in the American Civil War who band together to hunt down a band of Apaches....
by a gaffer whose wife had lost her family in Auschwitz.
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Journey The Journey (1959 film) The Journey is a 1959 American drama film directed by Anatole Litvak. A group of Westerners tries to flee Hungary after the Soviet Union moves to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It stars Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, and Jason Robards. Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner were paired again since they... |
Serving Girl in Black Scarf | |
| 1961 | The Secret Ways The Secret Ways The Secret Ways is a 1961 thriller film based on Alistair McLean's novel The Last Frontier.-Plot:American adventurer Michael Reynolds is hired by an international espionage ring to smuggle a noted scholar and resistance leader, Professor Jansci, out of Communist-ruled Hungary... |
Elsa | |
| 1961 | The Miracle of Father Malachia The Miracle of Father Malachia The Miracle of Father Malachia is a 1961 West German black-and-white film directed by Bernhard Wicki and starring Horst Bollmann. The film is based on the 1938 novel Father Malachy's Miracle by Bruce Marshall and tells the story of a supposed miracle in a West German town that is soon exploited... |
Yvonne Krüger | |
| 1963 | The Victors The Victors (film) -Overview:The film follows a group of U.S. soldiers through Europe during World War II, from Britain in 1942, through the fierce fighting in Italy and France, to the uneasy peace of Berlin. It is adapted from a collection of short stories called The Human Kind by British author Alexander Baron,... |
Trudi | |
| 1964 | The Spy with My Face The Spy with My Face The Spy with My Face is a 1965 spy-fi spy film based on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. television series. Robert Vaughn and David McCallum reprised their roles as secret agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin respectively. THRUSH tries to steal a super weapon by substituting a double for Solo.It is the... |
Serena | |
| 1964 | See How They Run (1964 film) | Orlando Miller | |
| 1965 | Major Dundee Major Dundee Major Dundee is a 1965 Western film written by Harry Julian Fink and directed by Sam Peckinpah. It starred Charlton Heston and Richard Harris as officers from opposing sides in the American Civil War who band together to hunt down a band of Apaches.... |
Teresa Santiago | |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys The Glory Guys The Glory Guys is a 1965 motion picture based on the novel The Dice of God by Hoffman Birney. Filmed by Levy-Gardner-Laven and released by United Artists, it stars Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, James Caan, and Michael Anderson, Jr. The film's screenplay was written by Sam Peckinpah long... |
Lou Woddard | |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow Cast a Giant Shadow Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 big budget, action movie based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus starring Kirk Douglas and Senta Berger. Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, and Angie Dickinson also appear in supporting roles... |
Magda Simon | |
| 1966 | Our Man in Marrakesh Our Man in Marrakesh Our Man in Marrakesh is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Don Sharp, starring Tony Randall and Senta Berger.-Plot:... |
Kyra Stanovy | |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum The Quiller Memorandum The Quiller Memorandum is a film adaptation of the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Trevor Dudley-Smith under the name "Adam Hall", screenplay by Harold Pinter, directed by Michael Anderson, featuring George Segal, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger and Alec Guinness. The film was shot on... |
Inge Lindt | |
| 1967 | The Ambushers The Ambushers (film) The Ambushers is a 1967 spy comedy film filmed in Acapulco starring Dean Martin, Senta Berger and Janice Rule. It is loosely based upon the novel of the same title by Donald Hamilton.... |
Francesca Madeiros | |
| 1969 | De Sade De Sade (film) De Sade is an American-German 1969 drama film starring Keir Dullea and Senta Berger... |
Anne de Montreuil | |
| 1970 | When Women Had Tails When Women Had Tails When Women Had Tails is a 1970 Italian comedy film set in pre-historic times when “women had tails” and were hunted by cavemen. It stars Giuliano Gemma, Senta Berger, and Lando Buzzanca.... |
Filli | |
| 1973 | Bisturi la mafia bianca | Suor Maria | |
| 1973 | The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (1973 film) The Scarlet Letter is a 1973 German film directed by Wim Wenders. It is an adaptation of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel The Scarlet Letter.The film stars Senta Berger as Hester Prynne, Hans Christian Blech as Roger Chillingworth, and Lou Castel as Rev... |
Hester Prynne Hester Prynne Hester Prynne, the young protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter, is a woman condemned by her Puritan neighbors. The character has been called "among the first and most important female protagonists in American literature."... |
|
| 1977 | Cross of Iron Cross of Iron Cross of Iron is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner. The film is set on the Eastern Front in World War II during the Soviet's Caucasus operations that forced the Wehrmacht to retreat from the Taman Peninsula on the... |
Eva | |
| 1990 | Tre colonne in cronaca | La contessa Odessa Bonaveri | |
| 1998 | Bin ich schön? | Unna | |
| 2009 | Ob ihr wollt oder nicht! | Dorothea | |
| 2010 | Satte Farben vor Schwarz | Anita | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower The Poppy Is Also a Flower The Poppy Is Also a Flower is an ABC made-for-television spy and anti-drug film. The film was directed by Terence Young and stars Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Trevor Howard, Rita Hayworth, Angie Dickinson, Yul Brynner, and Marcello Mastroianni... |
Maxine | |
| 1990 | La belle Anglaise | (TV series, 1 episode) | |
| 1992 | Sie und Er | Charlotte | |
| 1992 | Lilli Lottofee | Lilli | |
| 1994 | Gefangene Liebe | ||
| 1994-96 | Ärzte | Dr. Margarethe Martin | (TV series, 8 episodes) |
| 1995 | Kommissar Rex | Karla Wilke | (TV series, 1 episode) |
| 1996 | Mein Sohn ist kein Mörder! | Sarah Renzi | |
| 1997 | Kap der Rache | Lilian | |
| 1997 | Lamorte | Susa | |
| 1997 | Die Nacht der Nächte | Teresa | |
| 1998 | Mammamia | Clara | |
| 1999 | Liebe und weitere Katastrophen | Franziska Ackermann | |
| 1999 | Rosamunde Pilcher - Das große Erbe | Alex Gower | |
| 1999 | Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders | Marie Mechlenburg | |
| 2000 | Zimmer mit Frühstück | Elisabeth | |
| 2000 | Trennungsfieber | Dr. Carla Severin-Bauer | |
| 2000 | Scharf aufs Leben | Solveigh Kronberg | |
| 2000 | Probieren Sie's mit einem Jüngeren | Anna | |
| 2002 | Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet | Edith Mosbach | |
| 2004 | Die Konferenz | Cornelia Cordes | |
| 2005 | Einmal so wie ich will | Emma Bauer | |
| 2005 | Emilia - Die zweite Chance | Dr. Emilia Seiler | |
| 2005 | Emilia - Familienbande | Dr. Emilia Seiler | |
| 2006 | Nette Nachbarn küsst man nicht | Helga Forstmann | |
| 2008 | Rosamunde Pilcher - Vier Jahreszeiten | Julia Combe | (TV mini-series, 4 episodes) |
| 2009 | Schlaflos | Carla Sagmeister | |
| 2009 | Frau Bähm sagt Nein | Rita Böhm | |
| 2009 | Mama kommt! | Luise Fischer | |
| 2010 | Liebe am Fjord | Pernille | (TV series, 1 episode) |
External links
- Senta Berger-links (Yahoo group)
- Interview in the FAZ newspaper on her autobiography (in German)