German postcard by ISV, Sort. 18/6. Photo: F. Schneider.
German postcard by Graphima, Berlin. Photo: Marhoffer / Musichouse / Ceres Film. Margitta Scherr, Christiane Rücker and Manfred Schnelldorfer in Ich kauf mir lieber einen Tirolerhut / I'd Rather Buy a Tyrolean Hat (Hans Bilian, 1965).
West German collector card by Penny-Bildbände in the Unsere Bambi-Lieblingee series, no. 13. Andreas Blum, Horst Janson, Gitty Djamal, Gustav Knuth, Margitta Scherr, Hans Jürgen Bäumler and Karla Chadimová in Salto Mortale (Michael Braun, 1969). Caption: The TV series Salto Mortale with Gustav Knuth (centre) was so well received by viewers that it was continued.
One of the most astonishing, convincing displays of talent of recent times
Margitta Ina Scherr was born in 1943 in Chemnitz, Germany. When she was seven, her family moved to München (Munich). She got her first small role at the age of twelve in the film Der Meineidbauer / The Perjured Farmer (Rudolf Jugert, 1956) starring Heidemarie Hatheyer.
She also appeared in two comedies, starring Heinz Erhardt, Vater, Mutter und neun Kinder / Father, Mother and Nine Children (Erich Engels, 1958) and Natürlich die Autofahrer / Of Course, the Motorists (Erich Engels, 1958).
The young actress took acting and ballet lessons and continued to appear in front of the camera. Critics noticed her in the television film Frédéric Chopin und George Sand (Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1960) as the composer's stepdaughter. The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote: ‘The renowned leading actors were nowhere near as intense as the very young Margitta Scherr, who gave one of the most astonishing, convincing displays of talent of recent times.’
Margitta Scherr showed her talent also on the big screen with her first leading role as Carlos Thompson's partner in Der Held meiner Träume / The Hero of My Dreams (Arthur Maria Rabenalt, 1960).
She played opposite Helmut Griem and Horst Frank in Fabrik der Offiziere / Operation Terror (Frank Wisbar, 1960), she was Luise Ullrich's daughter in Frau Irene Besser / Mrs Irene Besser (John Olden, 1961), and she had Maria Schell and O. W. Fischer as her film parents in Das Riesenrad / The Ferris Wheel (Géza von Radványi, 1961).
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden / Westf, no. 1642. Photo: Music House / Constantin Film / Stempka. Margitta Scherr in Wenn die Musik spielt am Wörthersee / When the Music Plays on Lake Wörthersee (Hans Grimm, 1962).
West German postcard by Filmbilder-Vertrieb Ernst Freihoff, Essen, no. 762. Photo: Erwin Schneider.
Fully clothed in Playboy
Margitta Scherr played the title role in the film Operetta Schwarzwaldmädel / The Black Forest Girl (Wilm ten Haaf, 1961). In the same year, Michael Pfleghar directed her for his television show Zu jung um blond zu sein / Too Young to be Blonde (Michael Pfleghar, 1961), which won the Golden Rose of Montreux.
Scherr acted in such light entertainment films as the romantic comedies Die Post geht ab / The Mail Goes Off (Helmuth M. Backhaus, 1962), Holiday in St. Tropez (Ernst Hofbauer, 1964) with Vivi Bach, and Ich kauf mir lieber einen Tirolerhut / I'd Rather Buy a Tyrolean Hat (Hans Billian, 1965) with Manfred Schnelldorfer.
Playboy dedicated a full-page lead photo to Scherr in the cover story ‘The Girls of Germany’ in the November 1964 issue, in which she remained fully clothed. She was the leading lady in the Italian-Spanish-German Eurospy film A 001: operazione Giamaica / Scharfe Schüsse auf Jamaika / Our Man in Jamaica (Ernst Ritter von Theumer, Peter Jacob, 1965) starring Larry Pennell and Brad Harris.
Her last major film role was as Vevi in Das sündige Dorf / The Sinful Village (Werner Jacobs, 1966) with Hans-Jürgen Bäumler. From 1967, Scherr only appeared on television. She had leading roles in Die Glocken von London / The Bells of London (Wilm ten Haaf, 1962), based on Charles Dickens and Boni (Theodor Grädler, 1966) as the Bavarian butcher's daughter Evi, who falls in love with a black man. On stage, she appeared as the title character in the boulevard comedy 'Mary, Mary' in Wuppertal. She also acted in the popular TV series Salto Mortale (1969-1972) with Gustav Knuth. She played the trapeze artist Francis Doria.
After the end of this series, Margitta Scherr ended her career as an actress and retired to private life. She studied foreign languages and then worked for many years as a press officer for international cinema films. She was married to photographer Karl-Heinz Vogelmann from 1962 till their divorce in 1977. They had one son, Alexander Vogelmann. After a long illness, Margitta Scherr died in 2020, surrounded by her family in Munich. She was 77.
German autograph card. Photo: K.H. Vogelmann.
West German autograph card.
Sources: Wikipedia (German and English) and IMDb.
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