Cornell Borchers
Biography
Cornell Borchers was a Lithuanian-German actress and singer who worked mainly in the late 1940s and 1950s. Born in Šilutė, she appeared on the cover of the East German magazine Neue Filmwelt in 1949. She was best remembered for playing opposite Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift (1950) and for her part in Istanbul (1957), a film that paired her with Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole. Reviewers in the mid-1950s compared her looks to Ingrid Bergman. Her performance in The Divided Heart (1954) won her a BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress in 1955. She also appeared in School for Marriage (1954) and in Rot ist die Liebe (1957). Borchers retired from acting at 34.
89years old at death
- Born Šilutė
- Died Munich
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Cornelia Borchers (birth name)Also credited as Gerlind Cornell Borchers
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 7 years1950 to 1957
Every film, newest first
- 1957Flood TideIMDb rating 6.7
- 1956Never Say GoodbyeIMDb rating 6.1
- 1950The Big LiftIMDb rating 6.4
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