Biography
Tall, blonde, busty and radiant, Eva Renzi created a sensation when she rose to stardom in her native West Germany in the mid-60s. Born to a 17-year-old French mother and a 49-year-old Danish father, Eva's childhood was everything but happy. Her parents got divorced when she was three, and her mother put her into an orphanage run by nuns. Eva was 14 when she returned to live with her abusive father. She later claimed that "he beat the daylights out of me on a daily basis". Living with her father proved to be so difficult that Eva tried to kill herself twice before she eventually left home at the tender age of 17 to pursue a career in acting. Famous drama coach Else Bongers took her under her wing, and the beautiful teenager supported herself as a model, a phone operator, and a waitress before making her debut on stage in late 1961. She became a member of the Freie Volksbühne Berlin in 1964 when renowned director Erwin Piscator hired her as "Electra".
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
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Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 1
842 votesThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970 · movie
- 2
166 votesFuneral in Berlin
1966 · movie
- 3
124 votesScene of the Crime
1970 · tv
- 4
50 votesThe Prodigal Daughter
1981 · movie
- 5
28 votesDeath Occurred Last Night
1970 · movie
- 6
8 votesThe Legacy of Guldenburgs
1987 · tv
- 7
8 votesNegresco
1968 · movie
- 8
7 votesTaste of Excitement
1969 · movie
Career timeline
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