Helen Schneider

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Helen Schneider (born december 23, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an american singer and actress working mainly in Germany.

Born the daughter of Dvora und Abraham Schneider (the name is German and means taylor), she studied piano before starting to perform as a singer in venues in New England and New York.

Between 1978 bis 1984 she achieved some success as a rock singer in Germany; her song Rock'n' Roll Gypsy even reached the top 10 record charts. 1980 she toured as an opener with the German rock legend Udo Lindenberg.

In 1987 she began her acting career at the Theater des Westens in Berlin playing the Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. From 1995 to 1998 she performed as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Since 1998 she mainly performs chansons and songs with lyrics pieces by Kurt Weill. She worked with Eberhard Schoener on the recording of the Short Opera (1996) and on the goodbye-song for the TV series Derrick. From 1999 to 2001 she performed as Eva Perón in the musical Evita at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele.

Helen Schneider is married to George Nassar who works as her manager as well.

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