Cornell Borchers

Cornell Borchers
Cornell Borchers and Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift
Born
Gerlind Cornelia Borchers

(1925-03-16)16 March 1925
Died12 May 2014(2014-05-12) (aged 89)
OccupationActress
Years active1949–1959
Spouses
ChildrenJulia Borchers-Schelkopf (b. 1962)

Cornell Borchers (16 March 1925 – 12 May 2014) was a Lithuanian-German actress and singer, active in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for her roles opposite Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift (1950) and Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole in Istanbul (1957). She was said to resemble Ingrid Bergman in mid-1950s reviews.[1][2]

  1. ^ Variety's Film Reviews: 1954–1958. New York: Bowker. May 1989. ISBN 978-0-8352-2787-2.
  2. ^ "Cornell Borchers, German Star, Like Young Ingrid Bergman". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 30 March 1955. Retrieved 23 January 2016.[permanent dead link]