Biography

Charlotte Boerner was born on October 9, 1903 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Stimme der Liebe (1934), Family Affair (1966) and Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969). She died on February 12, 1989 in Kernville, Texas, USA.

In 1928 followed tours through the USA, later she appeared regular in the USA till 1936, among others at he opera of Philadelphia , the opera in San Francisco and at the Carnegy Hall in New York.

She attended a music study by Max Wünsche and got singing lessons by her mother, the singer Hildegard Boerner.

Her first movie was "Die Stimme der Liebe" (1934) where she played the role of the empress. She only continued her film career many years later in the USA where she impersonated several smaller parts. To these productions belong "Rosemary's Baby" (1969) directed by Roman Polanski and George Cukor's "Justine" (1969) with Anouk Aimée and Dirk Bogarde.

She appeared as an operatta singer at the Nollentheater in Berlin in 1921, two years later she had her first engagement as an opera singer at the Staatsoper Dresden. In the same year she also sang at the Staatsoper Berlin where she was active till 1927.

The actress and singer Charlotte Boerner was normally active on stage, she only appeared rarely in front of the camera.