# Marion Michael

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**Marion Michael** (17 October 1940 – 13 October 2007) was a German film actress and singer. She was best known for her role in the 1956 film *[Liane, Jungle Goddess](/source/Liane,_Jungle_Goddess)*.[1] She was also the second German actress to appear nude on film, after [Hildegard Knef](/source/Hildegard_Knef) who starred in the German film *The Sinner* in the 1950s.[1]

Michael was born **Marion Ilonka Michaela Delonge** in [Königsberg](/source/K%C3%B6nigsberg) (now [Kaliningrad](/source/Kaliningrad)).[1] She was selected for the role of Liane in *Liane, Jungle Goddess* out of 12,000 prospective actresses.[1] She was only 15 at the time of the filming, which took place on location in Africa, and she controversially appeared topless during the first half of the movie.[1] The movie was a box office success. However, none of her following 10 films over the next six years were as successful.[1]

Michael suffered injuries in a car accident during this time period.[1] She returned to acting, but stopped again in 1965.[1] She suffered a bout of depression and, unusually, moved from [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) to Communist [East Germany](/source/East_Germany).[1]

Michael occasionally returned to film and television acting later in her life, but only rarely. However, despite her lack of screen time after the 1960s, she remained a well known German film icon.[1] Her last onscreen appearance was in a 1996 German television [musical](/source/Musical_film) about her life, entitled *[Liane](/source/Liane_(1996_film)).*[1]

Michael died of heart failure in [Gartz](/source/Gartz), Brandenburg, four days shy of her 67th birthday.[1]

## Selected filmography

- *[Liane, Jungle Goddess](/source/Liane,_Jungle_Goddess)* (1956)
- *[Nature Girl and the Slaver](/source/Nature_Girl_and_the_Slaver)* (1957)
- *[The Mad Bomberg](/source/The_Mad_Bomberg_(1957_film))* (1957)
- *[Bombs on Monte Carlo](/source/Bombs_on_Monte_Carlo_(1960_film))* (1960)
- *[Final Accord](/source/Final_Accord_(1960_film))* (1960)
- *[Davon träumen alle Mädchen](/source/Davon_tr%C3%A4umen_alle_M%C3%A4dchen)* (1961)
- *[Jack and Jenny](/source/Jack_and_Jenny)* (1963)

## References

1. Koehl, Christian (6 November 2007). ["Marion Michael, 66, singer"](https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975504.html?categoryId=25&cs=1). *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*. Retrieved 10 November 2007.

## External links

- [Marion Michael](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0584172/) at IMDb

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