Who was Renate Krößner? Google Doodle celebrates German actress
msn.comthe face of the Google Doodle on Wednesday on what would have been her 78th birthday. The search engine often honours departed greats and recently marked the lives of Zofia Nasierowska and Kitty O’Neil.
Frau Krößner’s Doodle will be shown in Britain as well as her native Germany on May 17. Krößner was an actress who came to prominence in 1980 film Solo Sunny, in which she played the titular singer.
The film was successful enough to gain attention beyond East Germany, where it was initially released, and has gone down as one of the best German films of the era.
Google wrote: “Happy birthday Renate Krößner, your iconic performances are immortalised on the silver screen, and are just as captivating today. ”Born in Osterode in 1945, she grew up in Berlin and performed in school theatre productions – studying acting as she worked in East German theatres.
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