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Cornelia Froboess

Weitere Namen
Conny Froboess (Weiterer Name)
Date of Birth
10/28/1943 - 12:00
Geburtsort
Wriezen
Biography

Born on October 28, 1943 in Wrietzen an der Oder Cornelia Froboess is only seven years old when coming to early fame as a singer: In the middle of the year 1951 she performs for the RIAS-radio show "Mach mit" live at the Berlin Titania-Palast the song "Pack die Badehose ein" – originally composed for the Schöneberger Sängerknaben.

She is celebrated as the incarnation of the "Berlin brat" and is becoming the first child star of post-war Germany. Her fans are enthralled by her numerous disc recordings and concerts. Her stardom is accompanied by first film appearances, e.g. her first motion picture "Sündige Grenze" (1951) about a band of juvenile smugglers or the music film "Große Star-Parade" (1954).

As a teenager – now called Conny – her star rises even more with popular music films. At the end of the 1950s she and Peter Kraus are celebrated as the juvenile dream couple of West German film. Movies like "Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter... (Teenager-Melodie)" (1958) and "Conny und Peter machen Musik" (1960) do already promote their stars in their very title.

From the middle of the 1960s on Cornelia Froboess more and more concentrates on a career as a stage actress. 1963 she can be seen on stage at the Salzburger Landestheater, afterwards she works for many different theatres including the Staatstheater Braunschweig, the Berlin Schillertheater, the Deutsche Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and the Vienna Burgtheater. The award-winning Froboess becomes one of the most renowned stage actresses of Germany.

In 1972 she is hired by the Munich Kammerspiele an plays the part of Marthe Schwertlein in the much debated production of "Faust", directed by Dieter Dorn, that is also adapted on film and opens in 1988 in German cinemas. In the 1980s Cornelia Froboess returns to the movies again and at the same time is seen on TV regularly.

Her many talents are shown in a broad range of productions: She stars in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss" ("Veronika Voss", 1981/82) as well as the unexpected smash hit "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (1997) or the popular children's film "Die wilden Kerle" ("The Wild Soccer Bunch", 2003).

After a leading role as a resourceful grandmother in the highly acclaimed children's film "Villa Henriette" (2004), Froboess took a break from acting for several years. It wasn't until 2010 that she appeared in a feature film again. She starred alongside Rosemarie Fendel in Margarethe von Trotta's psycho-thriller "Die Schwestern" (TV), playing an elderly woman whose close relationship with her sister is put to the test by the arrival of a mysterious man (Matthias Habich).

Also in 2011 and again with Habich as her partner, she portrayed a nun in the TV drama "Eine halbe Ewigkeit" who unexpectedly comes face to face with her great teenage love. In the same year, Froboess appeared on stage as Countess Helena in Dieter Dorn's production of "Das Käthchen von Heilbronn" at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel. On the big screen, Froboess made her comeback in 2013 with a leading role in Katja von Garnier's adaptation of the bestseller "Ostwind" ("Windstorm"). In the movie, she played the strict grandmother of the teenage protagonist.

She continued this role in the film's four sequels from 2015 to 2021. In addition, she appeared in television productions, such as a crime writer in the "Tatort" episode "Wendehammer" (2016), a grandmother in the Christmas film "Ein Lächeln nachts um vier" (2017), and the title role in the modern fairy tale adaptation "Frau Holles Garten" (2019).

In 2021, Conny Froboess received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Romy Awards in Austria and the German Screen Award for her contribution to the world of acting.

Filmography
2021/2022
Rex Gildo - Der letzte Tanz
  • Participation
2019/2020
Ostwind - Der große Orkan
  • Cast
2018/2019
Ostwind - Aris Ankunft
  • Cast
2016/2017
Ostwind - Aufbruch nach Ora
  • Cast
2015/2016
Wendehammer
  • Cast
2014/2015
Ostwind 2
  • Cast
2013/2014
Almuth & Rita
  • Cast
2012/2013
Ostwind
  • Cast
2010/2011
Eine halbe Ewigkeit
  • Cast
2009/2010
Die Schwester
  • Cast
2008
Heimat - Deine Filme
  • Participation
2005
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
  • Participation
2004
Villa Henriette
  • Cast
2003/2004
Stärker als der Tod
  • Cast
2002/2003
Die wilden Kerle
  • Cast
2001
Salut, Abel!
  • Cast
2000
Hirnschal gegen Hitler
  • Cast
2000
Mein Bruder, der Idiot
  • Cast
1999/2000
Totenstille
  • Cast
1997
Clever und tot
  • Cast
1997
Tödliches Ultimatum
  • Cast
1996/1997
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
  • Cast
1996
Annas Geheimnis
  • Cast
1995
Fesseln
  • Cast
1995
Angst hat eine kalte Hand
  • Cast
1994
Keine Chance zu gewinnen
  • Cast
1994
1945
  • Cast
1994
Wer Gewalt sät ...
  • Cast
1994
Helmut Griem - Ein deutscher Hamlet
  • Participation
1993
Nach acht langen Jahren
  • Cast
1992
Herzlichen Glückwunsch: Heinz Rühmann zum 90. Geburtstag
  • Participation
1989
Des Menschen Feind
  • Cast
1989
Der kleine Prinz
  • Voice
1988
Das Ende einer Illusion
  • Cast
1987/1988
Faust
  • Cast
1985/1986
Der Sommer des Samurai
  • Cast
1981/1982
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
  • Cast
1981
Eine Falle für Derrick
  • Cast
1980/1981
Das Käthchen von Heilbronn oder Die Feuerprobe
  • Cast
1980
Stars in der Manege 1980
  • Cast
1980
Mord nach Plan
  • Cast
1980
Der Regenmacher
  • Cast
1978/1979
Balthasar im Stau. Vier bewegte Geschichten
  • Cast
1978/1979
Noch 'ne Oper. Ein musikalischer Spaß
  • Cast
1978
Ute und Manuela
  • Cast
1978
Geschichte einer Liebe
  • Cast
1977
Via Bangkok
  • Cast
1976
Schlagerfestival 1926
  • Participation
1975/1976
Liebe mit 50
  • Cast
1974-1976
Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig
  • Voice
1972
Weh dem, der lügt
  • Cast
1972
Glücksspirale
  • Cast
1971
Der Tod des Herrn Kurusch
  • Cast
1968
Showkinder - Wunderkinder?
  • Participation
1968
Im Ballhaus wird geschwoft
  • Cast
1967/1968
Mathilde Möhring
  • Cast
1967
Rheinsberg
  • Cast
1967
Im Ballhaus ist Musike
  • Cast
1965/1966
Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball
  • Cast
1964
Hilfe, meine Braut klaut
  • Cast
1963
Ist Geraldine ein Engel?
  • Cast
1963
Der Musterknabe
  • Cast
1962
Mariandls Heimkehr
  • Cast
1962
Der Vogelhändler
  • Cast
1961
Der Traum von Lieschen Müller
  • Cast
1961
Mariandl
  • Cast
1961
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
  • Cast
1960/1961
Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder
  • Cast
1960
Schlagerraketen
  • Cast
1960
Meine Nichte tut das nicht
  • Cast
1960
Conny und Peter machen Musik
  • Cast
1959
Ja, so ein Mädchen mit 16
  • Cast
1959
Wenn das mein großer Bruder wüßte!
  • Cast
1958/1959
Hula-Hopp, Conny
  • Cast
  • Vocals
1959
Schicke, schicke Schuh
  • Cast
1958
Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter... (Teenager-Melodie)
  • Cast
1958
Der lachende Vagabund
  • Cast
1955
Laß die Sonne wieder scheinen
  • Cast
1954
An jedem Finger zehn
  • Cast
1954
Große Star-Parade
  • Cast
1952
Ideale Frau gesucht
  • Cast
1952
Drei Tage Angst
  • Cast
1951
Sündige Grenze
  • Cast
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