Nadja Tiller

 ( 1929 Births ) 

In 1955, she acted opposite O. W. Fischer again in the film Ich suche Dich, based on a play by A. J. Cronin. Her international breakthrough role was Rosemarie Nitribitt in the 1958 German film Das Mädchen Rosemarie ( Rosemary) in 1958, Nadja Tiller wird 80 Jahre alt (9 March 2009) again directed by Thiele. The film was presented at the Venice Film Festival, and was awarded the Golden Globe the following year as the best foreign film. She then received offers for international productions, including from Antonioni for La Notte, from Fellini for La dolce vita, and from Visconti for Rocco and His Brothers. She refused, naming family as a reason.

She actually played in Tendre voyou ( Tender Scoundrel) opposite Jean-Paul Belmondo, and in Du rififi à Paname ( The Upper Hand) opposite Jean Gabin, among others. She appeared in Rossellini's Anima nera (1962) and in The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) with Rita Hayworth and Angie Dickinson.

With Thiele, she appeared in films based on literature, including as Gerda Buddenbrook in The Buddenbrooks in 1959, based on Thomas Mann's novel; she matched the author's description as an "elegant, strange, captivating and enigmatic beauty". She played Lulu opposite Mario Adorf in 1962, followed by Schloß Gripsholm, after Tucholsky's novel, in 1963, and Tonio Kröger based on Mann's novella in 1964.

Tiller appeared in around 120 films, including several international productions. She performed with partners such as Curd Jürgens, Hansjörg Felmy, Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, and Jean Marais, and at the height of her career was considered along with Sophia Loren to be among the most alluring women in European film.

In 1967 and 1968, she appeared on the open stage at Salzburg Festival in the annual play, Hofmannsthal's Jedermann ( Everyman), as the Buhlschaft. In the 1970s and 1980s, she had theatre engagements, at the Theater Lübeck from 1974 to 1976), in Berlin in 1980 and 1984, and Vienna in 1981. In both Lübeck and Vienna, she played the lead female role in Kurt Weill Musical theatre Lady in the Dark. She appeared in boulevard plays until the late 1990s, such as the role of the aging film diva Joan Crawford in 's Nächte mit Joan at the Hamburger Kammerspiele in 1997.

Subsequently, she played occasional leading roles and made guest appearances in various television productions. After a long absence from the cinema, she was cast in 2005 by Til Schweiger in his Road Movie Barfuss, and in 2009 by Leander Haußmann in his film comedy , alongside her husband, playing a couple of senior citizens.

From September to October 2010, Tiller made guest appearances in the role of the greatest diva of all time in Schorsch Kamerun's production of the play Vor uns die Sintflut at the Thalia Theater Tent in Hamburg's Hafencity. From January – April 2015, she appeared in the musical My Fair Lady as Mrs. Higgins at the Staatstheater Braunschweig, a role she repeated in the 2015/16 season.

In the 1980s, Tiller promoted the Mon Chéri line of pralines produced by Italian manufacturer Ferrero SpA.