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- Birth nameMarianne Lena Elisabeth Clara Simson
- Marianne Simson began her career as a ballerina in Berlin Opera ballet. Her film career took off during the WW II. She was a sporty, beautiful blonde who was cast in both musicals, historical adventures and dramas.
By that time she was rumored to be Dr Joseph Goebbel's lover. At the end of the war, she was arrested by the Russians, convicted and sent to a prison camp, where she nevertheless was active in organizing performances and giving song recitals. After the war she was seen on the screen in a film called Eine Alltägliche Geschichte (An Everyday Story), which was shot during the war, but was in musical synchronization when the war ended. She was released from the prison camp only in 1952, and never resumed her acting career, instead becoming a choreographer.
She was obviously quite renowned also as a ballerina, since in 1941 a porcelain figurine was produced, depicting her on her toes. The figurine was reproduced in around 1957 by the company Rosenthal, and bears her name underneath.
- IMDb mini biography by: www.martsander.com
- SpouseWilhelm List-Diehl(? - 1992) (his death)
- Throughout her career, Marianne Simson was close to the Nazi regime and was rumored to be one of Joseph Goebbels' many mistresses.
- When the war ended, she was imprisonment by the Russians after having accused an Army major who was later arrested by the Gestapo.
- Following the Germany's capitulation, Simson was arrested by the Soviet NKVD and placed in a series of detention camps. She was subsequently received an eight years prison sentence, but was eventually released for good conduct in 1952: She then moved to West Germany.
- She didn't resume her career after the war but was still active as a dance choreographer in the theater.
- Marianne Simson debuted on stage in 1935 as a dancer the Nollendorfplatz Theater, before appearing at the Berlin city opera. The same year she made her film debut with "Friesennot".
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