German postcard by Hans Josef Rüdel, Filmpostkartenverlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, no. 2627. Photo: H-P Film / Union / Haenchen. Elke Arendt in Hula-Hopp Conny (Heinz Paul, 1959).
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf. Photo: Deutsche Cosmopol Film (DCF). Elke Arendt and Willy Hagara in Paprika (Kurt Wilhelm, 1959).
Dutch postcard. Conny Froboess and Elke Arendt in Hula-Hopp, Conny (Heinz Paul, 1959).
Snowwhite
Elke Arendt was born in Munich in 1939 and trained at the Children's Ballet of the Bavarian State Opera in 1946. She also played children's roles in theatre and film.
After engagements as a stage actress, she appeared in over 20 different productions in the 1950s and 1960s. She made her film debut in 1955 at the age of 16 under the direction of Erich Kobler in the fairy tale film Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge/Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1955), filmed at Neuschwanstein Castle.
After training as an actress in Munich, she appeared in several films from 1956, such as the fairy-tale Die Heinzelmännchen/The Shoemaker and the Elves (Erich Kobler, 1956), Einmal eine große Dame sein/Be a great lady for once (Erik Ode, 1957), the Children's film Rübezahl - Herr der Berge/Rübezahl - Lord of the mountains (Erich Kobler, 1957), the Conny Froboess vehicle Hula-Hopp, Conny (Heinz Paul, 1959) and Paprika (Kurt Wilhelm, 1959).
In the 1960s she appeared in Ein Student ging vorbei/A Student Walked Past (Werner Klingler, 1960), Hauptmann - Deine Sterne/Captain - Your Stars (Géza von Cziffra, 1960), Davon träumen alle Mädchen/All girls dream of this (Thomas Engel, 1961), Zwei Bayern in Bonn/Two Bavarians in Bonn (Rudolf Lubowski, 1962) with Beppo Brem, Nebelmörder/Fog killer (Eugen York, 1964) with Hansjörg Felmy and the TV film Liebe auf den zweiten Blick/Love at Second Sight (Wolfgang Spier, Hans-Georg Thiemt, 1964).
Theatre engagements took her to the Volksbühne Berlin, the Staatstheater Kassel, the Schauspielhaus Bochum, the Staatstheater Darmstadt and the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, and she also appeared in guest performances and tours.
Dutch postcard. Conny Froboess, Richard Hellmann, Elke Arendt, Monika Leonhardt, Sergio Casmai and Hans Zander in Hula-Hopp, Conny (Heinz Paul, 1959).
German postcard by Hans Josef Rüdel, Filmpostkartenverlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, no. 2647. Photo: H.P. / Union / Haenchen. Conny Froboess, Rex Gildo, Richard Hellmann, Elke Arendt, Monika Leonhardt, Sergio Casmai and Hans Zander in Hula-Hopp, Conny (Heinz Paul, 1959).
German postcard by Hans Josef Rüdel, Filmpostkartenverlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, no. 2649. Photo: H.P. / Union / Haenchen. Conny Froboess, Rex Gildo, Richard Hellmann, Elke Arendt, Monika Leonhardt, Sergio Casmai and Hans Zander in Hula-Hopp, Conny (Heinz Paul, 1959).
Self-employed as a life coach
After a family break and professional reorientation, Elke Arendt became active in radio plays and theatre with her own productions, such as 'Undine geht' by Ingeborg Bachmann and 'Die gelbe Tapete' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
In the 1990s she appeared as an actress in several television roles and later became self-employed as a life coach in Munich with her publications. In 2000, she sketched the life of the actress and poet Emmy Hennings in the biography 'Der blonde Fetzen. She directed the accompanying stage production at the Stadttheater Ingolstadt.
In November 2019, she published her novel 'Louise, Hofnärrin zu Weimar', about Luise von Göchhausen, First Lady-in-Waiting to Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, under the name Elke Orlac.
In the 1960s, Elke Arendt was married to the American singer, actor and presenter Charlie Hickman. Their daughter Lauretta Hickman (1964) was born in this marriage.
In her second marriage, she was married to the actor Stephan Orlac until he died in 2020. Two more children were born of this marriage, including the director, screenwriter and author Sebastian Orlac (1970).
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf. Photo: Deutsche Cosmopol Film (DCF). Elke Arendt in Paprika (Kurt Wilhelm, 1959).
German postcard by Rüdel-Verlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, no. 2873. Photo: Erwin Schneider.
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 745. Photo: Kolibri / Sander.
Sources: Filmportal, Wikipedia (German) and IMDb.
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