West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a. M. / NF Films. Photo: Pathé-Cinema. Brigitte Bardot in La mariée est trop belle / The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 1956).
French actress Brigitte Bardot (1934) died on 28 December 2025, at the age of 91. In the 1950s, she was the sex kitten of the European film industry. BB starred in 48 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. After her retirement in 1973, she became an animal rights activist.
West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a. M. Nadja Tiller in El Hakim (Rolf Thiele, 1957).
Austrian actress Nadja Tiller (1929-2023) was one of the erotic stars of European cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. Her international breakthrough role was that of the high-class prostitute Rosemarie Nitribitt in the German film Das Mädchen Rosemarie / Rosemary (1958).
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Vera Miles (1929) is an American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic Psycho (1960), reprising the role in the sequel Psycho II (Richard Franklin, 1983). Other great films in which she appeared include The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956), The Searchers (John Ford, 1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford, 1962).
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American actress Mara Corday (1930-2025) was also a popular showgirl, model and Playboy Playmate of the 1950s. She starred in the cult classic Tarantula (1955) and many other B-pictures. Corday later appeared in several films with her friend Clint Eastwood.
West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a.M. Photo: NF. Ludmila Tchérina in Oh... Rosalinda!! (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1955).
Beautiful Ludmila Tchérina (1924-2004) was a legendary prima ballerina, who was also an internationally-famous actress, artist and sculptor. She starred in several films, including a quartet by British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger: The Red Shoes (1948), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) and Luna de Miel (1959).
West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a. M. Photo: Columbia. Helene Stanton in Jungle Moon Men (Charles S. Gold, 1955).
Jungle Moon Men (1955) is the fifteenth Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures. It features Johnny Weissmuller in his second performance as the adventurer under the name Johnny Weissmuller. Weissmuller played Jungle Jim in 13 films, in chronological order. After which, for the remaining three Jungle Jim films, the character was renamed to Johnny Weissmuller due to copyright issues. The film was directed by Charles S. Gould and written by Dwight Babcock and Jo Pagano. The film centres on jungle roamer Johnny Wismuller and his team attempting to rescue an acquaintance in the jungle of Baku, which is inhabited by "moon men". The Moon Men are devoted to the Moon Goddess Oma, Who Must Be Obeyed (Helen Stanton), a wicked priestess who is apparently forever young and whose only weakness is sunlight. A reviewer for the magazine Variety wrote that it "fits into the past offerings in the Sam Katzman series and should do the same type of biz in program situations". The Hollywood Reporter's review criticised it for being "negligently written and executed". In evaluating the film in his 2012 book 'Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926—1955: The Harry Cohn Years', Gene Blottner praised Gould's directorial effort, as well as the fine cinematography and "superb" lighting. He stated that the film was "far-fetched" in its plot, yet "it isn't dull".
West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a. M. Photo: Columbia. Helene Stanton in Jungle Moon Men (Charles S. Gold, 1955).
Helene Stanton was born in 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, as Eleanor Stansbury. As a child, she took ballet lessons. At the age of 13, she took voice lessons. At 21, she became involved with the Cosmopolitan Production Company in Philadelphia in productions such as 'The Merry Widow', 'The Vagabond King', 'The Desert Song', and 'Fledermaus'. In 1949, Stanton married former silent film star Kenneth Harlan, but they divorced in 1953. She made her film debut in One Girl's Confession (Hugo Haas, 1953), starring Cleo Moore. In 1953 and 1954, she was part of the opening act for Frank Sinatra for his first performance at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, in part performing with the Ben Blue Orchestra. In October 1955, a nightclub act was arranged for her to perform in Vegas. With her marriage in 1957 to Morton D. Pinsky, she effectively ended her Hollywood career. As an actress, she is probably best known for The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (Dan Milner, 1955). Helen Stanton died in 2017 in Pasadena, California. She was buried at Forest Lawn Glendale under her married name, Helene Pinsky, along with her husband, Morton Pinsky. With Pinsky, she had a son, Dr. Drew Pinsky and a daughter, Dana Pinsky.
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Tall, sultry, green-eyed blonde Peggie Castle (1927-1973) was an American actress who specialised in playing the "other woman" in B-movies. Castle was Miss Cheesecake in 1949.
West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a.M. Photo: Cosmos / NF / Wanke. Alice and Ellen Kessler in Vier Mädel aus der Wachau / Four girls from the Wachau (Franz Antel, 1957).
Alice & Ellen Kessler (1936-2025) were popular in Europe, especially in Germany and Italy in the 1950s and 1960s, as singing, dancing and acting twins. The German sisters are usually credited as the Kessler Twins or Die Kessler-Zwillinge.
West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a.M. Photo: Donau / NF-Film / Haenchen. Erika Remberg and Michael Cramer in Der Page von Palast-Hotel / The Bellboy of the Palace Hotel (Thomas Engel, 1958).
Beautiful Austrian film actress Erika Remberg (1932-2017) was the star in the tearjerker Laila / Make Way for Lila (Rolf Husberg, 1958), as a foundling who is adopted and raised by a Lapland chieftain. Remberg appeared in 31 films between 1950 and 1970.
Michael Cramer (1930-2000) was the nice young man of the German cinema in the Adenauer era. Later, he gave Clint Eastwood a German voice in several films.
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Sandra Wirth (1936-2007) wasn't one of Hollywood's greatest actresses. She was certainly just as hardworking, though. Her smile, poise, and femininity gave her the girl-next-door quality that producers sought. Later, she became an animal trainer and agent for the film industry.
West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a. M. Photo: Cosmos / NF / Wanke. Cora Roberts and Carl W. Fernbach in Vier Mädels aus der Wachau / Four girls from Wachau (Franz Antel, 1957).
German actress Cora Roberts (1935) was known for such German light entertainment films as Vier Mädels aus der Wachau / Four girls from Wachau (Franz Antel, 1957) and Freddy, die Gitarre und das Meer (1959). She attended the Reinhardt Drama School in Berlin, but she initially worked primarily as a model. From 1956 onwards, she concentrated on her film career. She starred alongside Paul Hubschmid and Dietmar Schönherr in Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag / Every Day is Not Sunday (1959) and with O. W. Fischer in Abschied von den Wolken / Farewell to the Clouds (1959). In the 1960s, she mainly appeared in television series.
Austrian actor Carl W. Fernbach (1915-1967) studied acting at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and Salzburg. He made his stage debut in 1935 at the Theater Scala in Vienna, followed by engagements at other theatres like the Wiener Bürgertheater. He made his film debut in Manja Valewska (1936) with Maria Andergast and Olga Tschechowa. His career came to a halt during World War II, and he served in the military. During a long interruption, he acted for the theatre exclusively. He returned to the screen in the mid-1950s in supporting parts.
West German collector card by Druckerei Hanns Uhrig, Frankfurt a. M. / NF Films. Photo: Pathé-Cinema. Brigitte Bardot and Louis Jourdan in La mariée est trop belle / The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 1956).
French actress Brigitte Bardot (1934) died on 28 December 2025, at the age of 91. In the 1950s, she was the sex kitten of the European film industry. BB starred in 48 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. After her retirement in 1973, she became an animal rights activist.
Sources: AVID, Filmportal and IMDb.
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