Helen Vita

Helen Vita was born on August 7, 1928 in Hohenschwangau, Germany as Helene Vita Elisabeth Reichel. She was an actress and writer, known for Cabaret (1972), Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) and Satan’s Brew (1976). She was married to Walter Baumgartner. She died on February 16, 2001 in Berlin, Germany.

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Cabaret

Cambridge University student Brian Roberts arrives in Berlin in 1931 to complete his German studies. Without much money, he plans on making a living teaching English while living in an inexpensive rooming house, where he befriends another of the tenants, American Sally Bowles. She is outwardly a flamboyant, perpetually happy…

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After studying acting at the Conservatoire de Genève, she made her stage debut in Paris (1946).

One of Germany's most popular cabaret artists and chanson singers, mostly performing on stage with pianist Paul Klein until his death in 1989.

Toured together with Evelyn Künneke and Brigitte Mira with the successful stage show "Drei alte Schachteln"" (Three old bags) in the 1990s.

Her father was a concertmaster

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