Christine Kaufmann

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Christine Maria Kaufmann (born January 11, 1945) is a German–Austrian actress.

Born in Lengdorf, Styria, Austria, to a German father and a French mother, Kaufmann very soon entered the artistic field, becoming a ballerina at the Munich Opera. She started her film career at the age of seven, in the 1952 adaptation of Im weißen Rößl (White Horse Inn). The film which brought her fame in Germany, though, was Rosen-Resli, released in 1954, when she was only nine.

In 1963 she married Tony Curtis, whom she had met during the filming of Taras Bulba (1962). They had two daughters, Alexandra (born 1964) and Allegra (born 1966), and divorced in 1968. Kaufmann resumed her career, which she had interrupted during her marriage. She gained international recognition when she played alongside Kirk Douglas in Town Without Pity.

Kaufmann is also a successful businesswoman, promoting her own cosmetics products line that sells well in Germany. She has written several books about beauty and health, as well as two autobiographies. She speaks three languages: German, English, and French.