Susanne Cramer
Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam, nr. 3570/958. Photo: Eberhard Schmidt/UFA (Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin-Tempelhof).
Beautiful German actress Susanne Cramer (1936-1969) was known for her film career but also for her tumultuous private life.
Susanne Cramer also known as Susan Cramer and Suzanne Cramer was born in 1936 in Frankfurt am Main. At 20 she married actor Hermann Nehlsen, who was 17 years her senior. He stimulated her film ambitions. She started her career with two supporting roles in Waldwinter/Winter in the Woods (1956, Wolfgang Liebeneiner) and the Heimatfilm Rot ist die Liebe/Love is Red (1956, Karl Hartl) before she played the leading lady opposite Heinz Erhardt in the comedy Die gestohlene Hose/The Stolen Trousers (1956, Géza von Cziffra), and opposite Claus Biederstaedt in another comedy, Kleines Zelt und große Liebe/Two in a Sleeping Bag (1956, Rainer Geis). That year she also appeared in the French drama Les assassins du dimanche/Every Second Counts (1956, Alex Joffé). Her marriage quickly went sour, and she had an affair with Claus Biederstadt which ended in two suicide efforts. In 1957 she played in seven films, including Wie ein Sturmwind/The Night of the Storm (1957, Falk Harnack) with Lilli Palmer and Ivan Desny, the comedy Witwer mit 5 Töchtern/Widower with 5 Daughters (1957, Erich Engels) again opposite Heinz Erhardt, and Vacanze a Ischia/ Holiday Island (1957, Mario Camerini) with Vittorio de Sica. In 1958 Susanne married to colleague actor Helmuth Lohner, but a divorce followed after five months. They married a second time. A daughter was born, Konstanze Lohner, but after a short time a second divorce followed. Other films in which she appeared were the crime film Der Greifer/The Copper (1958, Eugen York) with Hans Albers, Nick Knattertons Abenteuer - Der Raub der Gloria Nylon/The Kidnapping of Miss Nylon (1959, Hans Quest), and another comedy with Heinz Erhardt, Drei Mann in einem Boot/Three men in a Boat (1961, Helmut Weiss).
Susanne Cramer moved to Hollywood and there she appeared in several tv-series like Perry Mason (1964-1965), Bonanza (1965) and Ironside (1967). She also played supporting parts in films like the comedy Bedtime Story (1964, Ralph Levy) starring Marlon Brando and David Niven, and Dear Brigitte (1965, Henry Koster) starring James Stewart. She married the American actor Kevin Hagen, and they stayed together for the rest of her life. In 1966, when she wanted to visit her colleague Renate Ewert in München (Munich), she found her friend dead. According to some sources Renate was already dead for six days; other sources say even for three weeks. This shocking experience bothered Susanne very much. There were later many rumors about her own death in 1969 by pneumonia in a private clinic in Hollywood. A medical malpractice reportedly caused her death. Susanne Cramer was then only 32 years old.
Sources: Peter Hoffmann (Biografie.de), Wikipedia and IMDb.
Susanne Cramer
Dutch postcard by Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam, nr. 3570/958. Photo: Eberhard Schmidt/UFA (Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin-Tempelhof).
Beautiful German actress Susanne Cramer (1936-1969) was known for her film career but also for her tumultuous private life.
Susanne Cramer also known as Susan Cramer and Suzanne Cramer was born in 1936 in Frankfurt am Main. At 20 she married actor Hermann Nehlsen, who was 17 years her senior. He stimulated her film ambitions. She started her career with two supporting roles in Waldwinter/Winter in the Woods (1956, Wolfgang Liebeneiner) and the Heimatfilm Rot ist die Liebe/Love is Red (1956, Karl Hartl) before she played the leading lady opposite Heinz Erhardt in the comedy Die gestohlene Hose/The Stolen Trousers (1956, Géza von Cziffra), and opposite Claus Biederstaedt in another comedy, Kleines Zelt und große Liebe/Two in a Sleeping Bag (1956, Rainer Geis). That year she also appeared in the French drama Les assassins du dimanche/Every Second Counts (1956, Alex Joffé). Her marriage quickly went sour, and she had an affair with Claus Biederstadt which ended in two suicide efforts. In 1957 she played in seven films, including Wie ein Sturmwind/The Night of the Storm (1957, Falk Harnack) with Lilli Palmer and Ivan Desny, the comedy Witwer mit 5 Töchtern/Widower with 5 Daughters (1957, Erich Engels) again opposite Heinz Erhardt, and Vacanze a Ischia/ Holiday Island (1957, Mario Camerini) with Vittorio de Sica. In 1958 Susanne married to colleague actor Helmuth Lohner, but a divorce followed after five months. They married a second time. A daughter was born, Konstanze Lohner, but after a short time a second divorce followed. Other films in which she appeared were the crime film Der Greifer/The Copper (1958, Eugen York) with Hans Albers, Nick Knattertons Abenteuer - Der Raub der Gloria Nylon/The Kidnapping of Miss Nylon (1959, Hans Quest), and another comedy with Heinz Erhardt, Drei Mann in einem Boot/Three men in a Boat (1961, Helmut Weiss).
Susanne Cramer moved to Hollywood and there she appeared in several tv-series like Perry Mason (1964-1965), Bonanza (1965) and Ironside (1967). She also played supporting parts in films like the comedy Bedtime Story (1964, Ralph Levy) starring Marlon Brando and David Niven, and Dear Brigitte (1965, Henry Koster) starring James Stewart. She married the American actor Kevin Hagen, and they stayed together for the rest of her life. In 1966, when she wanted to visit her colleague Renate Ewert in München (Munich), she found her friend dead. According to some sources Renate was already dead for six days; other sources say even for three weeks. This shocking experience bothered Susanne very much. There were later many rumors about her own death in 1969 by pneumonia in a private clinic in Hollywood. A medical malpractice reportedly caused her death. Susanne Cramer was then only 32 years old.
Sources: Peter Hoffmann (Biografie.de), Wikipedia and IMDb.