{{Short description|German actress}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=October 2021|Cornelia Froboess}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Cornelia Froboess.jpg | caption = Froboess in 1966 | birth_place = [[Wriezen]], Germany | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|10|28|df=yes}} | occupation = Actress | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Hellmuth Matiasek]]|1967|2022|end=died}} | children = 2 }} '''Cornelia Froboess''' ({{IPA|de|kɔʁˈneːli̯a ˈfʁoːbøːs|lang|De-Cornelia Froboess.ogg}}; born 28 October 1943) is a German actress and a [[teen idol]] of the 1950s and early 1960s. During that time, Froboess appeared in many [[West Germany|West German]] and Austrian [[musical film]]s, especially after the [[rock and roll]] wave hit Germany. In those [[comedy film]]s, she would often portray the typical ''{{Lang|de|Berliner Göre}}'' (brat from [[West Berlin|[West] Berlin]]) who craves independence from her strict parents.
==Career== As '''Die Kleine Cornelia''' she had her first [[hit record]] in 1951, aged eight, with a song written by her father. "{{Lang|de|Pack die Badehose ein}}" ("Pack your bathing trunks") is a cheery tune about a group of children going swimming on a hot summer's day at [[Wannsee]]. The title of the song has become a [[set phrase]] and [[synonym]] for going swimming easily recognized even by speakers of German who have never heard of the song. As she grew up, she continued recording as '''Conny''', then '''Conny Froboess'''.
In 1962, Froboess finished in sixth place at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1962|Eurovision Song Contest]], where she sang "{{Lang|de|[[Zwei kleine Italiener]]}}" (Two little Italians) for Germany. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/146 146] | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 | url-access= registration | url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/146 }}</ref> Froboess also recorded a Dutch (''Twee Kleine Italianen'') <ref>{{cite web | title=Conny - Twee Kleine Italianen | website=[[Discogs]] | date=1962 | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5711420-Conny-Twee-Kleine-Italianen }}</ref> and Italian (''Un Bacio Al'Italiana'') <ref>{{cite web | title=Conny Froboess - Un Bacio Al' Italiana / Hallo, Hallo, Hallo | website=[[Discogs]] | date=1962 | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1701469-Conny-Froboess-Un-Bacio-Al-Italiana-Hallo-Hallo-Hallo }}</ref> version of the song. The [[1962 in film|same year]] she appeared as herself in [[Jean Renoir]]'s [[comedy film]] ''[[The Elusive Corporal]]''.
Later, Froboess became a theatre and movie actress. In 1982, she appeared in [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]'s film ''[[Veronika Voss]]''. In 1988 she played Marthe Schwerdtlein in [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]]'s ''[[Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy|Faust I]]'', a performance that was also released as a film: ''[[:de:Faust – Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle|Faust – Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle]]''. In 1997 Froboess played the mother of the protagonist Martin Brest ([[Til Schweiger]]) in the film ''[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997 film)|Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]''. On stage, she appeared in [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing|Lessing]]'s ''[[Minna von Barnhelm]]'' in 1976, staged by [[Dieter Dorn]],<ref>[http://www.goethe.de/kue/the/reg/reg/ag/dor/por/enindex.htm Portrait: Dieter Dorn] at the [[Goethe-Institut]]</ref> and played Ellida in [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]]'s ''[[The Lady from the Sea]]'' in 1990.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Carlson | first1=Marvin | title=Reviewed work: The Lady from the Sea, Henrik Ibsen | journal=Theatre Journal | date=1990 | volume=42 | issue=3 | pages=383–385 | doi=10.2307/3208094 | jstor=3208094 | url=https://www.jstor.org/pss/3208094 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> At the [[Salzburg Festival]] 2004, she played Mary Tyrone in [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''.<ref>[http://www.nytheatre-wire.com/lt04083.htm The 2004 Salzburg Festival] at ''The New York Theatre Wire''</ref> The same year she played the title role in [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s play ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]''.
==Selected filmography== [[File:Cornelia Froboess Berlinale 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|Froboess at the [[60th Berlin International Film Festival|2010 Berlin International Film Festival]]]] * ''[[The Sinful Border]]'' (1951) * ''[[Ideal Woman Sought]]'' (1952) * ''[[Three Days of Fear]]'' (1952) * ''[[Ten on Every Finger]]'' (1954) * ''[[The Big Star Parade]]'' (1954) * ''[[Let the Sun Shine Again]]'' (1955) * ''[[Hula-Hopp, Conny]]'' (1959) * ''[[Conny and Peter Make Music]]'' (1960) * ''[[Mariandl]]'' (1961) * ''[[My Husband, the Economic Miracle]]'' (1961) * ''[[The Bird Seller (1962 film)|The Bird Seller]]'' (1962) * ''[[The Model Boy]]'' (1963) * ''[[Is Geraldine an Angel?]]'' (1963) * ''[[Rheinsberg (film)|Rheinsberg]]'' (1967) * ''[[Crazy - Completely Mad]]'' (1973) * ''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]'' – Season 4, episode 8: "Via Bangkok" (1977) * ''Derrick'' – Season 5, episode 12: "Ute und Manuela" (1978) * ''Derrick'' – Season 9, episode 2: "Eine Falle für Derrick" (1982) * ''[[Veronika Voss]]'' (1982) * ''{{Interlanguage link multi|The Summer of the Samurai|de|Der Sommer des Samurai}}'' (1986) * ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Faust (1988 film)|de|3=Faust – Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle|lt=Faust}}'' (1988) * ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Judgment Day (1994 film)|de|3=Tag der Abrechnung – Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen|lt=Judgment Day}}'' (1994, TV film) * ''[[Windstorm (film)|Windstorm]]'' (2013) * ''{{ill|Windstorm 2|de|Ostwind 2}}'' (2015) * ''{{ill|Windstorm 3: Windstorm and the Wild Horses|de|Ostwind – Aufbruch nach Ora}}'' (2017) * ''{{ill|Windstorm 4: Ari's Arrival|de|Ostwind – Aris Ankunft}}'' (2019) * ''{{ill|Windstorm: The Great Hurricane|de|Ostwind – Der große Orkan}}'' (2021)
==Awards== *1962: [[Goldene Schallplatte]] *1968: {{ill|Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis|de}} *1985: Member of the [[Academy of Arts, Berlin]] *1990: [[Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring]] *1994: [[Bavarian Film Awards|Bavarian Film Award]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Cornelia Froboess}} * {{IMDb name|0175555}}
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