I. Romy
Diary of a life
Revised new edition
»ACTING – THAT’S THE REAL LIFE FOR ME.«
ALREADY AT THE AGE OF 13, Romy Schneider starts writing down her thoughts in a diary, from her early success in When the White Lilacs Bloom Again all the way to her last film The Passerby. Her texts are the basis of a moving autobiography that paints the picture of a great artist and a fascinating woman. She writes not only about the boon and bane of the Sissi films, but also about her flight to France where she reinvented her- self as an actress. Her personal fate, not least the tragic death of her son, is at odds with her unique career as a character actress who always said about herself: »I can’t do anything in life, but everything on screen.«
Renate Seydel studied German at Humboldt University in Berlin. She has worked as a writer and editor for many years and has written several illustrated biographies, e.g. on Asta Nielsen and Marlene Dietrich, and has made a name for herself as the pub- lisher of numerous actor’s anthologies.
»ACTING – THAT’S THE REAL LIFE FOR ME.«
ALREADY AT THE AGE OF 13, Romy Schneider starts writing down her thoughts in a diary, from her early success in When the White Lilacs Bloom Again all the way to her last film The Passerby. Her texts are the basis of a moving autobiography that paints the picture of a great artist and a fascinating woman. She writes not only about the boon and bane of the Sissi films, but also about her flight to France where she reinvented her- self as an actress. Her personal fate, not least the tragic death of her son, is at odds with her unique career as a character actress who always said about herself: »I can’t do anything in life, but everything on screen.«
Renate Seydel studied German at Humboldt University in Berlin. She has worked as a writer and editor for many years and has written several illustrated biographies, e.g. on Asta Nielsen and Marlene Dietrich, and has made a name for herself as the pub- lisher of numerous actor’s anthologies.
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