Sonja Ziemann
Actor
Biography
Sonja Ziemann (February 8, 1926, Eichwalde near Berlin – February 17, 2020, Munich) was a German actress, dancer, and singer.
She was one of the most popular German film stars of the 1950s, best known for her leading roles in the Heimatfilm classics The Black Forest Girl (Schwarzwaldmädel, 1950) and Green Is the Heath (Grün ist die Heide, 1951), frequently appearing opposite Rudolf Prack. Trained as a dancer and actress, she began her film career during World War II and successfully continued after the war.
In later years, Ziemann expanded into more dramatic roles and appeared in international productions such as The Secret Ways (1961) and The Bridge at Remagen (1969). After the 1970s, she worked only occasionally in film and television. She died in 2020 at the age of 94.
Filmography
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
as Katja 1959
The Zurich Engagement
as Anna-Maria/Herself 1957
De Sade
as La Beauvoisin 1969
The Secret Ways
as Julia 1961
Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
as Maria Reiser 1960
The Eighth Day of the Week
as Agnieszka Walicka 1958
Serenade of Texas
as Sylvia 1958
A Matter of WHO
as Michele Cooper 1961
Eine kleine Sommermelodie
as Helga Gutentag 1944
Geliebter Schatz
as Lette Eilers 1943
The Heath Is Green
as Helga 1951
Das Bad auf der Tenne
as Antje 1956
Grand Hotel
as Françoise Flamme 1959
The Dream of Lieschen Müller
as Lieschen Müller 1961
Kaiserball
as Franzi 1956
Frühling in Berlin
as Nicoline 1957