Senta Berger

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Gender: Female
Born: 13th May 1941 (currently 71 years old)
Nationality: Austria
Movies: Cast a Giant Shadow, Cross of Iron, The Swiss Conspiracy, The Scarlet Letter, The Ambushers, Diaboliquement vĂ´tre, Operazione San Gennaro, The Poppy Is Also a Flower, De Sade, Major Dundee, Roma Bene, When Women Had Tails, The Victors, Our Man in Marrakesh, The Quiller Memorandum, See How They Run, The Glory Guys, The Spy with My Face, He Who Loves in a Glass House, O.k., Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace, Flying Devils, Colors In The Dark, Vienna

Senta Berger (born 13 May 1941) is an Austrian film, stage and television actress, producer and author.

Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as one of the leading German-speaking actresses in polls, Berger has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include three Bambi Awards, two Romys, an Adolf Grimme Award, both a Deutscher and a Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, and a Goldene Kamera.

Berger married director and producer Michael Verhoeven in 1966. They are the parents of actors Simon and Luca Verhoeven.

Miss Berger was the daughter of musician Josef Berger and teacher Therese Jany. She first appeared on stage at the age of four, when her father accompanied her singing on the piano. At the age of five she started ballet lessons.

Berger also took private acting lessons. In 1957, she won her first small role in one of the final films directed by Austrian auteur Willi Forst. She applied for the Max Reinhardt Seminar, a famous acting school in Vienna, and was accepted, but she left shortly afterwards after accepting a film role without permission. In 1958, she became the youngest

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