Kirsten Heiberg (25 April 1907 â€" 2 March 1976) was a
Norwegian/German actress and singer who had a major film career in
Germany between 1938 and 1954. She reached the peak of her career in
1942-43, performing in Joseph Goebbels' version of Titanic. After the
war she was given a two-year ban by the Allies due to her role in the
Nazi propaganda. In Norway she was never punished, as she was a German
citizen.Heiberg grew up in the towns Kragerø, Kongsberg and Oslo, and
studied in Lausanne, Dijon and Paris. Later, she studied English in
Oxford, England.She made her debut at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen in
1929, and in the 1930s at the Carl Johan Theater and Scala Revyteater
in Oslo. Kirsten Heiberg also performed in several Norwegian and
Swedish films in the early 1930s and had her breakthrough in the
comedy Han, hon och pengarna ("He, she and the money") in 1936. After
guest appearances in the operetta revue "Pam-Pam" at Theater an der
Wien in 1937, she began a career in Germany both as a film actress and
recording artist. She became a significant actress in the German film
industry and The Third Reich's femme fatale - the "new Marlene
Dietrich". In Vienna, she met the composer Franz Grothe, who was a
member of the Nazi Party They married in Oslo in 1938 and moved to
Berlin.
Norwegian/German actress and singer who had a major film career in
Germany between 1938 and 1954. She reached the peak of her career in
1942-43, performing in Joseph Goebbels' version of Titanic. After the
war she was given a two-year ban by the Allies due to her role in the
Nazi propaganda. In Norway she was never punished, as she was a German
citizen.Heiberg grew up in the towns Kragerø, Kongsberg and Oslo, and
studied in Lausanne, Dijon and Paris. Later, she studied English in
Oxford, England.She made her debut at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen in
1929, and in the 1930s at the Carl Johan Theater and Scala Revyteater
in Oslo. Kirsten Heiberg also performed in several Norwegian and
Swedish films in the early 1930s and had her breakthrough in the
comedy Han, hon och pengarna ("He, she and the money") in 1936. After
guest appearances in the operetta revue "Pam-Pam" at Theater an der
Wien in 1937, she began a career in Germany both as a film actress and
recording artist. She became a significant actress in the German film
industry and The Third Reich's femme fatale - the "new Marlene
Dietrich". In Vienna, she met the composer Franz Grothe, who was a
member of the Nazi Party They married in Oslo in 1938 and moved to
Berlin.
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