Stage and screen performer who first gained international attention starring in "The Devil's General" (1955), as a German WWII hero who comes to renounce the Nazi creed. Two of Jurgens' five wives--Louise Basler and Eva Bartok--were actresses.
- Also Credited As:
Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jurgens, Curd Jurgens
- Born:
December 13, 1912 in Munich, Germany
- Died:
June 18, 1982.
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Job Titles:
Actor, Director, Producer, Journalist
Milestones
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1935 Feature acting debut, The Royal Waltz/Konigswalzer
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1944 Deported to a concentration camp in Hungary for the politically unreliable by order of Dr. Goebbels
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1950 Directorial debut and first screenplay credit, also appeared in, Pramien auf den Tod
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1955 Gained international recognition as General Harras in, The Devil s General/Des Teufels General
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1957 First US production, The Enemy Below
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1961 Directed final feature, Bankraub in der Rue Latour
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1981 Final feature, The Sleep of Death/Ondskans vardshus
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1982 Final TV credit for the syndicated miniseries, Smiley s People