Hilde Krüger

Hilde Krüger
Krüger in 1938.
Born(1912-11-09)9 November 1912
Cologne, Germany
Died8 May 1991(1991-05-08) (aged 78)
Lichtenfels, Germany
Other namesKaterina Matilde Krüger
Hilda Krüger
OccupationActress
Years active1934–1958 (film)

Hilde Krüger (9 November 1912 – 8 May 1991) was a German film actress who eventually settled in Mexico.[1]

Life

Krüger was born in 1912. One source says she was born in Cologne[1] while another claims her birth occurred in Berlin on 11 September 1914. Her dramatic success was assigned to the patronage of Joseph Goebbels, which happened after she appeared in the anti-Semitic film Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! She appeared in twenty more films.[2]

She is suspected of working as a spy for the Abwehr, the German intelligence department during the Second World War. She allegedly cultivated leading figures in Mexican society, including Undersecretary of the Treasury Ramón Beteta Quintana and Secretary of the Interior (and future president) Miguel Alemán Valdés.[3][4] She had intended to settle in Hollywood, but she struggled to find work and had to leave for Mexico.

She died in 1991 on a visit to Germany; the death certificate lists her residence as an apartment in New York City.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Lynn p.413
  2. ^ Verführungskunst war ihre Waffe, Spiegel online, Retrieved 24 July 2016
  3. ^ "Hilda Krüger, la espía que sedujo a Miguel Alemán". Aristegui Noticias. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Hilde Krüger, Nazi Spy in Mexico". Mexico Unexplained. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

Bibliography

  • Kenneth Schuyler Lynn. Charlie Chaplin and His Times. Simon and Schuster, 1997.


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