13 Facts About Nadja Tiller

Nadja Tiller was an Austrian actress in film, television, and on stage.

Nadja Tiller was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses in the international cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, receiving international recognition when she played the title role in the 1958 film Das Madchen Rosemarie in 1958, shown at the Venice Film Festival.

Nadja Tiller became an ensemble member at the Theater in der Josefstadt in 1949.

Nadja Tiller met her future husband Walter Giller in 1953; they became the German Traumpaar in many productions to come.

Nadja Tiller had her artistic breakthrough in the 1955 film Die Barrings, directed by Rolf Thiele, alongside Lil Dagover, Ida Wust, Paul Hartmann and Dieter Borsche.

Nadja Tiller then received offers for international productions, including from Antonioni for La notte, from Fellini for La dolce vita, and from Visconti for Rocco and His Brothers.

Nadja Tiller actually played in Tendre voyou opposite Jean-Paul Belmondo, and in Du rififi a Paname opposite Jean Gabin, among others.

Nadja Tiller appeared in Rossellini's Anima nera and in The Poppy Is Also a Flower with Rita Hayworth and Angie Dickinson.

Nadja Tiller appeared in around 120 films, including several international productions.

Nadja Tiller performed with partners such as Curd Jurgens, Hansjorg Felmy, Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, and Jean Marais, and at the height of her career was considered along with Sophia Loren to be among the most alluring women in European film.

Nadja Tiller appeared in boulevard plays until the late 1990s, such as the role of the aging film diva Joan Crawford in Cas Enklaar's Nachte mit Joan at the Hamburger Kammerspiele in 1997.

From September to October 2010, Nadja Tiller made guest appearances in the role of the greatest diva of all time in Schorsch Kamerun's production of the play Vor uns die Sintflut at the Thalia Theater Tent in Hamburg's Hafencity.

Nadja Tiller died in Hamburg on 21 February 2023, at age 93.