Christa Lang

Christa Lang was a German-American actress and screenwriter who moved to France at 17 and studied acting in Paris while supporting herself with other jobs. She first appeared on screen in the French new wave picture The Murderer Knows the Score (1963), followed by an uncredited walk-on in Alphaville (1965). Supporting parts came in The Champagne Murders (1967), opposite Anthony Perkins, and What's Up, Doc? (1972), opposite Barbra Streisand. In 1976 she played Anna Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case. She co-founded Chrisam Films with the director Samuel Fuller in 1981, and appeared in White Dog (1982). Further film work includes Thieves After Dark (1984), The Blood of Others (1984), and Land of Plenty (2004). She also wrote for the screen, co-writing the 1994 film Girls in Prison, and worked in television.