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Elga Andersen
Deceased

How Did Elga Andersen Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 59
Also known asHelga Hymen, Helga HymmenGenderFemaleNationalityGermanyBorn02/02/1935Born inDortmund, GermanyDied07/12/1994 (aged 59)Died inNew York CityCausecancerWikidataQ76399 ↗Buried atSS Andrea DoriaTMDb#15399 ↗

Elga Andersen was a German actress and singer. She starred in more than one dozen French films in the 1950s and 1960s and also debuted as a recording artist in the 1950s. She performed the songs "Treu sein" and "Sündenlied" in the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, and co-starred in the 1971 Steve McQueen film Le Mans. Together with her second husband, Peter Gimbel, she embarked on a 1981 diving expedition of the sunken SS Andrea Doria.

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Filmography25 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2001Girls Who Like GirlsMovieSelf (archive footage)66
1973The SerpentMovieKate Cross38
1971Le MansMovieLisa Belgetti36
1971Samedi soirSeriesSelf36
1971WhyMovieIngrid36
1971Cross CurrentMovieMonica Breda36
1970Sex-PowerMovieLorelei35
1968Guerilla HellcatsMovieSingrid33
1966Johnny ColtMovieCaroline Williams31
1966The Battle of the ModsMovieSonia31
1965Coast of SkeletonsMovieElisabeth von Koltze30
1964A Global AffairMovieYvette29
1964Coffin from Hong KongMovieStella29
1963Your Turn, DarlingMovieValérie Pontiac /Montana28
1962Le ScorpionMovie—27
1961The Black MonocleMovieMartha / Erika Murger26
1961To Die of LoveMovieKarin, Secretary26
1960The PioneersMovieElga25
1959DiscoramaSeriesSelf24
1958Elevator to the GallowsMovieFrieda Bencker23
1958Bonjour TristesseMovieDenise23
1958Ist Mama nicht fabelhaft?MovieEvelyn23
1958Solang' die Sterne glüh'nMovieDoris Hoff23
1958So ein Millionär hat's schwerMovieAlice Sorel23
1957Girl MerchantsMovie(uncredited)22