Conny Froboess

 Cornelia Froboess  (born 28 October 1943, Wriezen) is a German actress and ateen idol of the 1950s and early 1960s. During that time, Froboess appeared in many musical films, especially after the rock and roll wave had hit Germany. In those comedy films, she would often portray the typical  Berliner Göre  (brat fromBerlin) who craves independence from her strict parents.

Biography
As  Die Kleine Cornelia  she had her first hit record in 1951, aged eight, with a song written by her father. " Pack die Badehose ein " (PackYOUR swimsuit") is a cheery tune about a group ofCHILDREN going swimming on a hot summer's day at Wannsee. TheTITLE of the song has become a set phrase and synonymfor going swimming easily recognized even by speakers of German who have never heard of the song. As she grew she recorded as  Conny  then  Conny Froboess

In 1962, Froboess finished in sixth place at the Eurovision Song Contest, where she sang " Zwei kleine Italiener " (Two little Italians) for Germany. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.[ 1 ] The 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 inRainer Werner Fassbinder's film Veronika Voss. In 1988 she played Marthe Schwerdtlein in Goethe's Faust I, a performance that was also released as film: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. On stage, she appeared in Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm in 1976, staged byDieter Dorn.[ 2 ] and played Ellida in Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea in 1990.[ 3 ] At theSalzburg Festival 2004, she played Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night.[ 4 ] The same year she played theTITLE role in Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children.

Selected filmography
Ad by SaveLots | CloseFroboess at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival*Ideal Woman Sought (1952)
 * My Husband, the Economic Miracle (1961)
 * Rheinsberg  (de)  (1967)
 * 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)
 * Der Sommer des Samurai  (de)  (1986)
 * Faust  (de)  (1988)
 * Tag der Abrechnung – Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen  (de)  (1994, TV film)

Awards

 * 1962 Goldene Schallplatte
 * 1968 Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis
 * 1985 Member of the Akademie der Künste
 * 1990 Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring
 * 1994 Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Award)