- Born
- Birth nameGermaine Haeck
- Germaine Damar was born on August 31, 1929 in Petingen, Luxembourg. She is an actress, known for Der Graf von Luxemburg (1957), Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis (1956) and Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1955). She was previously married to Roman G. Toporow.
- SpouseRoman G. Toporow(? - 1994) (his death, 1 child)
- Has a son: Roman M. Toporow, who was born November 1966
- Since the death of her husband in 1994, she has lived with her son in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- Her film Die Beine von Dolores was such a big hit in Argentina, that Damar moved for three years to South America. There she became a popular star with her own TV show.
- Sometimes she used the stage name Ria Poncelet.
- In Cairo she met the actress Zarah Leander, who mediated a screen-test for her in Hamburg in 1952 at Herzog Filmverleih. Although director Robert A. Stemmle was not satisfied with the test, she soon landed her first film role. Director Géza von Cziffra sought a talented dancer to replace the ill Maria Litto in his revue film Tanzende Sterne (Dancing Stars, 1952). He watched the screen-test and gave her the lead part opposite Georg Thomalla. She changed her name from Germaine Haeck into Germaine Damar and the press concluded for some time that she was a French dancer.
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