Curd Jürgens

During the war, Curd Jürgens criticized the Nazi regime. In 1944 he was sent to a concentration camp in Hungary as "politically unreliable."

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Curd Jürgens died of a heart attack in 1982, but he had suffered a heart attack several years earlier. At that time he claimed to have had a near-death experience and to have gone to hell.

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Like many multilingual German-speaking actors, Curd Jürgens played German soldiers (usually high-ranking officers) in countless Second World War films. Among the best known was a frustrated general in The Longest Day (1962).

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Curd Jürgens was born to a German father, a Hamburg salesman, and a French mother, and he had two older twin sisters.

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Curd Jürgens became an Austrian citizen in 1945.

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In 2005, the German tabloid "Bild" ranked Curd Jürgens 2nd in its list of the sexiest men of all time.

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Curd Jürgens was so accustomed to playing German officers in films that his tailor in Munich kept a set of uniforms ready for any occasion.

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In 1987, his ex-wife, the Hungary-born actress Eva Bartok, claimed that their daughter Deana Jürgens (b. 1957) was in fact fathered by Frank Sinatra during a brief affair between Sinatra and Bartok in 1956.

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Curd Jürgens had several residences: in Saint Paul de Vence (France), Gstaad (Switzerland) and the Bahamas.

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Curd Jürgens came to Hollywood after appearing in Brigitte Bardot's hit film … And God Created Woman (1956).

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Curd Jürgens was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

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Although Curd Jürgens appeared in more than 100 films, he regarded himself primarily as a stage actor.

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Curd Jürgens was a company member of the famous Vienna Burgtheater between 1940-53 and 1965-68.

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Curd Jürgens initially set out to become a journalist in Berlin, but his wife, the actress Lulu Basler, persuaded him to pursue a career as an actor.

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Curd Jürgens's acting teacher was Walter Janssen.

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Curd Jürgens appeared in two films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Longest Day (1962) and Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). Alexander Knox appeared in both films.

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