SENTA BERGER BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Senta Berger was born on May 13th, 1941 in Vienna, Austria, born to Josef Berger and Therese Jany. From the age of five, she began taking ballet lessons and then private acting lessons. At the age of sixteen she was cast in her first small role in the film, "The Unexcused Hour".
For a while she then studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar but left early to take on another film role and later she also became the youngest member of the Josefstadt Theatre.
Up until 1962, Berger worked only in Europe adding such film credits to her resume as, "Ich heirate Herrn Direktor" (1960), "The Secret Ways" (1961), "Immer Ärger mit dem Bett" (1961) and "Ramona" (1961).
She then moved to Los Angeles, California and worked on such films as, "Dr. Sibelius" (1962), "The Terror of Doctor Mabuse" (1962) and "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace" (1962). She then returned back to Europe and worked on a number of European films.
As her career progressed she traveled back and forth between the United States and Europe and added such film credits to her resume as, "Major Dundee" (1965) starring Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn and Charlton Heston, "Cast a Giant Shadow" (1966) co-starring Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, Yul Brynner and Frank Sinatra, "The Quiller Memorandum" (1966), "He Who Loves in a Glass House" (1971), "Roma bene" (1971), "Mitgift" (1976), "Cross of Iron" (1977), "Cheeeese" (1988) and "Tre colonne in cronaca" (1990).
Throughout her career in the industry she has accomplished some other feats. In 1977, she was the head of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival and in 2003 she became president of the German Film Academy. She has also received such awards as three Bambi Awards, two Romys, a Goldene Kamera and an Adolf Grimme Award.
Along with her acting career, she founded the film production company, "Sentana" along with her current husband, Michael Verhoeven. The company financed such projects as, "The White Rose" (1982) and "The Nasty Girl" (1990).
Senta Berger has two children and remains working in the industry with her most recent appearances on the television series, "Under Suspicion" (2002-2011) and the films, "Zettl" (2012), "Ruhm" (2012), "Operation Zucker" (2012) and soon to release, the television movie, "Wilkommen in Meckpomm" (2013). She resides in Grünwald near Munich, Germany.
Filmography
2013 Willkommen in Meckpomm
2012 Operation Zucker
2012 Ruhm
2012 Zettl
2002-2011 Under Suspicion
2011 In den besten Jahren
2011 Liebe am Fjord
2010 Colors in the Dark
2008-2009 Four Seasons
2009 Mama kommt!
2009 Frau Böhm sagt Nein
2009 Ob ihr wollt oder nicht!
2009 Schlaflos
2006 All Men are Suspects
2005 Emilia - Familienbande
2005 Emilia - Die zweite Chance
2005 Einmal so wie ich will
2004 Die Konferenz
1989-2004 Die schnelle Gerdi
2002 Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet
2000 Probieren Sie's mit einem Jüngeren
2000 Scharf aufs Leben
2000 Trennungsfieber
2000 Zimmer mit Frühstück
1999 Mit fünfzig küssen Männer anders
1999 Nancherrow
1999 Liebe und weitere Katastrophen
1998 Am I Beautiful?
1998 Mammamia
1997 Die Nacht der Nächte
1997 Lamorte
1997 Kap der Rache
1994-1996 Ärzte
1996 Dopo la tempesta
1995 Kommissar Rex
1994 Gefangene Liebe
1992 Lilli Lottofee
1992 Sie und Er
1990 Tre colonne in cronaca
1990 La belle Anglaise
1989 Peter Strohm
1989 Quattro storie di donne
1989 Ocean
1988 Cheeeese
1987 Animali metropolitani
1986 Kir Royal
1986 Killing Cars
1986 L'ultima mazurka
1985 Le due vite di Mattia Pascal
1985 The Flying Devils
1984 Notti e nebbie
1984 La stagione delle piogge
1984 Fatto su misura
1983 Die priwalov'schen Millionen
1983 Liebe Melanie
1982 Wortwechsel
1982 Die Entscheidung
1981 Dantons Tod
1981 Der Traum ein Leben
1980 Speed Driver
1979 The Green Jacket
1978 Ritratto di borghesia in nero
1978 Freiheit
1977 Cross of Iron
1977 Chinese Miracle
1977 Abschiede
1977 Una donna di seconda mano
1976 Signore e signori, buonanotte
1976 The Swiss Conspiracy
1976 MitGift
1976 The Mistress Is Served
1976 Diary of a Passion
1975 Dalli Dalli
1975 Krempoli - Ein Platz für wilde Kinder
1975 Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua
1974 La bellissima estate
1974 L'uomo senza memoria
1974 Di mamma non ce n'è una sola
1974 Frühlingsfluten
1973 Secrets of a Nurse
1973 The Scarlet Letter
1973 Amore e ginnastica
1973 Merry-Go-Round
1972 Tatort
1972 Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1972 Cause of Divorce
1972 When Women Lost Their Tails
1972 L'amante dell'orsa maggiore
1971 Roma bene
1971 Angel's Leap
1971 Rolf Harris Show
1971 He Who Loves in a Glass House
1971 Million Dollar Eel
1970 When Women Had Tails
1970 Cuori solitari
1969 Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano
1968-1969 It Takes a Thief
1969 De Sade
1969 Les étrangers
1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1968 Babeck
1968 Istanbul Express
1968 The Name of the Game
1968 Vienna
1967 The Ambushers
1967 Diaboliquement vôtre
1967 To Commit a Murder
1966 The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966 The Quiller Memorandum
1966 Long Legs, Long Fingers
1966 Bang! Bang! You're Dead!
1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers
1966 Cast a Giant Shadow
1965 The Glory Guys
1965 Shots in 3/4 Time
1965 Major Dundee
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 See How They Run
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964 Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
1964 Ein schöner Herbst
1963 Jack und Jenny
1963 Il mistero del tempio indiano
1963 The Victors
1963 Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta
1963 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1962 Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962 The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
1962 Dr. Sibelius
1962 Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer
1961 Ramona
1961 Diesmal muß es Kaviar sein
1961 Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein
1961 Adieu, Lebewohl, Goodbye
1961 Immer Ärger mit dem Bett
1961 The Miracle of Father Malachia
1961 Eine hübscher als die andere
1961 Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
1961 The Secret Ways
1960 O sole mio
1960 The Good Soldier Schweik
1960 Ich heirate Herrn Direktor
1959 Adorable Sinner
1959 The Journey
1958 Embezzled Heaven
1957 Die Lindenwirtin vom Donaustrand
1957 The Unexcused Hour
1955 Du bist die Richtige
1950 Das doppelte Lottchen
