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Helen Schneider

Helen Schneider

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 23, 1952 (72)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 N ... ew 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 starred as Judy Garland in the European production of End of the Rainbow. She received enormous acclaim for her one-woman performance pieces: A Walk on the Weill Side, A Voice and A Piano, and Verwandlungen. In 2006 she received the DIVA – German Entertainment Prize for her lifetime achievements. In 2007, Schneider returned to the recording business. She recorded three CDs with Edel Music. For "Dream a Little Dream" she received a golden CD award in jazz. In 2015, she signed with the independent record label SPV. She recorded her first original album in 30 years: "Collective Memory", with music composed by her guitarist, Jo Ambros, and lyrics written by her colleague and book co-author, Linda Uruburu. In 2017 this team followed up with Helen's latest album entitled: "Movin' On". After a few successful Master Classes in 2018 Helen joined the teaching staff of Stage School Hamburg as a teacher of "Song Interpretation". Source: Article "Helen Schneider" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Filmography

Electric Child

Electric Child

2025

as Lydia

Eddie and the Cruisers

Eddie and the Cruisers

1983

as Joann Carlino

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Der Havelkaiser

as Hillary Kaiser

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Apr 04, 1994

Das Duo

as Rebecca Perlmann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 2002

Siska

as Joanne Flanders

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 30, 1998

Scene of the Crime

as Margret Saloschnik

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Scene of the Crime

as Rechtsmedizinerin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Volle Kanne

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 30, 1999

DAS!

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 02, 1991

ZIBB

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 10, 2003

Zimmer frei!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 09, 1996

3satfestival

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 2000

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

Disco

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 13, 1971

Bio’s Bahnhof

as Self - Musician

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 1978

Musik liegt in der Luft

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1991

Musikladen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 13, 1972

Privatkonzert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 25, 2017

Die ultimative Chartshow

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 21, 2003

Auf los geht's los

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1977

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 29, 1986

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 27, 1994

Midi Première

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1975

Nachtcafé

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1987

Vorsicht, Musik

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1982

Alpha Forum

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1998

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 1979

live - die ZDF-talkshow

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 1987

Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 08, 2010

WWF Club

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1980

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