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Zarah Leander (March 15, 1907 – June 23, 1981) was a Swedish actress and singer. She was born as Zarah Stina Hedberg in Karlstad, and died in Stockholm.
Although Zarah Leander studied piano and violin already as a small child, and sang on stage for the first time at the age of six, she made a serious attempt at an ordinary life. As a teenager she lived two years in Riga (1922–1924), learned the then most important international language, German, took up work as a secretary, married Nils Leander (1926), and had two children (1927 & 1929). However, in 1929 she was engaged, as an amateur, in a touring cabaret by the leading entertainer and producer Ernst Rolf and for the first time sang “Vill ni se en stjärna,” (‘Do you want to see a star?’) which soon would become her signature tune.
In 1930, she participated in four cabarets in the capital, Stockholm, made her first records, including a cover of Marlene Dietrich’s “Falling in Love Again,” and played a part in a film. However, it was as Hanna Glavari in Franz Lehár’s operetta The Merry Widow that she had her definitive break-through (1931). By then she had divorced Nils Leander. In the following years, she embarked on a splendid career and could make a decent living as a popular artist on stage and in film in Scandinavia. Her fame brought her proposals also from the European continent and from Hollywood, where a number of Swedish actors and directors were working.
Although Zarah Leander studied piano and violin already as a small child, and sang on stage for the first time at the age of six, she made a serious attempt at an ordinary life. As a teenager she lived two years in Riga (1922–1924), learned the then most important international language, German, took up work as a secretary, married Nils Leander (1926), and had two children (1927 & 1929). However, in 1929 she was engaged, as an amateur, in a touring cabaret by the leading entertainer and producer Ernst Rolf and for the first time sang “Vill ni se en stjärna,” (‘Do you want to see a star?’) which soon would become her signature tune.
In 1930, she participated in four cabarets in the capital, Stockholm, made her first records, including a cover of Marlene Dietrich’s “Falling in Love Again,” and played a part in a film. However, it was as Hanna Glavari in Franz Lehár’s operetta The Merry Widow that she had her definitive break-through (1931). By then she had divorced Nils Leander. In the following years, she embarked on a splendid career and could make a decent living as a popular artist on stage and in film in Scandinavia. Her fame brought her proposals also from the European continent and from Hollywood, where a number of Swedish actors and directors were working.
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wolkexx wrote:
ich liebe zarah leander :D
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adeliinusiite wrote:
Lived two years in Riga (1922–1924) - heh,that`s my city :) :) Beautiful singer
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borek15 wrote:
she is on tarantino's new film's OST. that's why :)
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-eyelesS- wrote:
Saw her show yesterday, her live performance kicks ass!
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igor46 wrote:
who is she? :|
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LarkCGN wrote:
She was a wonderful singer ... happy for her, that she is "hip" again :)
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DeathInJanuary wrote:
Oh... i saw her on the top list page and i was like WTF??? but now i found the reason why :\ And this is pretty disgust... uh well... this doesn't amuse me :\ St00pid fashion coul kill even great artists
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kristyyoung wrote:
ennio morricone should be more hyped than her
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Kwartel wrote:
Is there a reason she is "hyped" now? She's in the top 5 hyped artists...
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sozz_arj wrote:
http://www.lastfm.es/music/sozz+produc
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Methones wrote:
Oh... That's why. Got shocked......
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Zamari wrote:
Inglourious Basterds
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bartalicious wrote:
Why is she in the 'hyped' top list?
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concretica wrote:
!!! 0||0 !!!
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lelusio wrote:
elena_lizard = sama jesteś transwestyt!!! co za ruski cep!
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oderwat wrote:
Naja... entweder bin ich es oder jedes dritte Lied hat schlüpfrige Texte. Frage mich was die Kerle dachten die diese geschrieben haben... Well.. either it is me or every third Song has risque lyrics. I wonder what the guys who wrote those texts...
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elena_lizard wrote:
Это трансвестит? Голос мужской, но не плохо.
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LordGazeau wrote:
Fluchi: Don't be ignorant and call her German just because she performed in Austria and Germany during the 1940's. She refused to become German during the WW2 and never gave up her Swedish citizenship. An amazing singer, anyway!
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voxstellarvm wrote:
"Hrodebert wrote: February 2008 Are you sure that she isn't he" how dare you >:l
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volksverbund wrote:
Deutschland Deutschland über alles
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