Curd Jürgens Biography

Fast Facts

• Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in 1959 as Best Foreign Actor for "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" and "The Enemy Below․"
• Nominated for a Bambi at the 1955 Bambi Awards as Best National Actor for "The Devil's General․"
• Nominated for a Golden Laurel in 1958 as Top New Male Personality
• Winner of the Honorary Award at the German Film Awards in 1981 for his contributions to German film over the years
• Recipient of a Golden Camera in 1982 as Best German Actor for "Collin․"
• Winner of the Volpi Cup at the 1955 Venice Film Festival as Best Actor for "Heroes and Sinners" and "The Devil's General․"
• Perhaps best remembered in English-language cinema for his role as villain Karl Stromberg in "The Spy Who Loved Me․"
• Considered by many to be one of the most successful European film actors of the 20th century
• Sent to a concentration camp for "political unreliables" in 1944 due to his anti-Nazi opinions, which led him to become an Austrian citizen after the war