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| Hildegard Knef is dead |
| 2002-02-01 |
| Hildegard Knef died Friday in Berlin. She did the first nude scene in a post-war German movie, causing demonstrations by the Virtuous outside theaters and a boycott by the Church. On Broadway, she appeared in Cole Porter's musical Silk Stockings. For two and a half years, she played the lead role of Ninotchka alongside Don Ameche. Each of the 675 performances of Silk Stockings was sold out. Ella Fitzgerald allegedly called her "the greatest singer in the world without a voice". |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |