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Helen Schneider

Helen Schneider

Actor · Born 1952-12-23 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Helen Schneider (born December 23, 1952) is an American singer and actress working mainly in Germany. Helen Leslie Schneider was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Dvora and Abraham Schneider. Schneider studied piano before forming her own blues band and playing in venues throughout New England and New York. She has had a varied career in music, theater, recording, literature and film. Between 1978 and 1984, she achieved success as a rock singer in Germany; her song "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" reached the top 10 record charts and she received a Gold Record Award and shared the Goldene Europa Award with John Lennon. In 1980 she toured with the German rock legend Udo Lindenberg. She played one of the leads in the 1983 film Eddie and the Cruisers, which has since gained a huge cult following, especially in Germany, where Schneider has name recognition. In 1987, she began her theater career at the Theater des Westens in Berlin playing Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. From 1995 to 1998, she performed as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber. From 1999 to 2001, she performed as Eva Perón in the musical Evita at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele. In 2014 she…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Into the Beat (2020) — Frau Rosebloom
  2. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Margret Saloschnik
  3. Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) — Joann Carlino
  4. Wetten, dass..? (1981) — Self
  5. Zimmer frei! (1996) — Self
  6. Electric Child (2025) — Lydia
  7. Volle Kanne (1999) — Self
  8. DAS! (1991) — Self
  9. ZDF-Fernsehgarten (1986) — Self
  10. NDR Talk Show (1979) — Self
  11. Der Havelkaiser (1994) — Hillary Kaiser
  12. Siska (1998) — Joanne Flanders
  13. Die ultimative Chartshow (2003) — Self
  14. 3satfestival (2000) — Self
  15. Nachtcafé (1987) — Self
  16. Liebe macht sexy (2009) — Estelle Silver
  17. alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio (1994) — Self
  18. Midi Première (1975) — Self
  19. Mauritius-Los (1991) — Anna Gradizzi
  20. Das Duo (2002) — Rebecca Perlmann
  21. Bio’s Bahnhof (1978) — Self - Musician
  22. Musikladen (1972) — Self
  23. Auf los geht's los (1977) — Self
  24. WWF Club (1980) — self
  25. ZIBB (2003) — Self
  26. Rock 'n' Roll Sports Classic (1978) — Self
  27. Disco (1971) — Self
  28. Musik liegt in der Luft (1991) — Self - Singer
  29. Privatkonzert (2017) — Self
  30. Vorsicht, Musik (1982) — Self
  31. Alpha Forum (1998) — Self
  32. live - die ZDF-talkshow (1987) — Self
  33. Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz (2010) — Self