Portrait of Zarah Leander

Acting

Zarah Leander

Career

Active from 1931 to 2002, with a break from 1967 to 2001, busiest in 1937 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
20
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Great Love
The Great Love
GoodWatch score86/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Historical Romance 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
The Great Yiddish Love
The Great Yiddish Love (2002)

as (archive footage)

1990s

1 title
Stjärnbilder
Stjärnbilder (1995)

as (archive footage)

1960s

2 titles · average score 51
How I Learned to Love Women
How I Learned to Love Women (1966)
GoodWatch score 51

as Olga

Das Blaue vom Himmel
Das Blaue vom Himmel (1964)

as Désirée

1950s

5 titles
The Blue Moth
The Blue Moth (1959)

as Julia Martens

It Was Always So Nice with You
It Was Always So Nice with You (1954)

as Filmstar

Ave Maria
Ave Maria (1953)

as Sängerin Karin Twerdy

Cuba Cabana
Cuba Cabana (1952)

as Arabella

Gabriela
Gabriela (1950)

as Gabriela

1940s

5 titles · average score 86
As Long As I Live
As Long As I Live (1946)

as Singer

Damals
Damals (1943)

as Vera Meiners aka Gloria O'Connor

The Great Love
The Great Love (1942)
GoodWatch score 86

as Hanna Holberg

The Way to Freedom
The Way to Freedom (1941)

as Antonia Corvelli

The Heart of a Queen
The Heart of a Queen (1940)

as Maria Stuart

1930s

11 titles · average score 65
It Was a Gay Ballnight
It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939)

as Katharina Alexandrowna Murakina

The Desert Song
The Desert Song (1939)

as Grace Collins

Der Blaufuchs
Der Blaufuchs (1938)

as Ilona Paulus

Homeland
Homeland (1938)
GoodWatch score 70

as Magda von Schwartze

The Four Companions
The Four Companions (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

as Sängerin

Premiere
Premiere (1937)

as Carmen Daviot

To New Shores
To New Shores (1937)
GoodWatch score 67

as Gloria Vane

La Habanera
La Habanera (1937)
GoodWatch score 61

as Astree Sternhjelm

The Marriage Game
The Marriage Game (1935)

as Tora Diidiken

Dante's Mysteries
Dante's Mysteries (1931)

as Grand Café Guest / Singing Demon

The Wrong Millionaire
The Wrong Millionaire (1931)

as Marguerite Lebon