Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 1915 – 18 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens.

Biography

Jürgens maintained a home in France, but frequently returned to Vienna to perform on stage. He died there from a heart attack on 18 June 1982. Jürgens had suffered a heart attack several years before. During this he had a near-death experience where he claimed he died and went to Hell. Jürgens was interred in the Vienna's Zentralfriedhof.

He was a tall man, standing 1.92 metres (6 ft 4 in) tall. Brigitte Bardot nicknamed him "the Norman Wardrobe" during their work for Et Dieu… créa la femme.

Jürgens was married to:


Lulu Basler, actress (15 June 1937 – 8 October 1947) (divorced)
Judith Holzmeister (16 October 1947 – 1955) (divorced)
Eva Bartok (13 August 1955 – 1957) (divorced)
Simone Bicheron (14 September 1958 – 1977) (divorced)
Margie Schmitz (21 March 1978 – 18 June 1982) (till his death)

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