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11/28/2025
In the 1950s, Ingrid van Bergen was one of the most famous movie stars. Her role in "Roses for the Prosecutor" from 1959 was probably her most famous role. For many, however, she was simply the “jungle queen”.
The actress Ingrid van Bergen is dead. She died at the age of 94 in Eyendorf. This was confirmed by a confidant of the German Press Agency. “We are infinitely sad,” said the friend. Van Bergen fell asleep in the early hours of the morning. Previously, the “Bild” had reported.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the actress with the distinctive smoky voice was one of the most famous German film stars. In the post-war satire “Roses for the Public Prosecutor” in 1959, she achieved her greatest success in the role of the pension owner Lissy Flemming.
In 2009 she becomes “Jungle Queen”
Van Bergen did cabaret with the Berlin "Stachelschweinen" and shot for cinema and television. She was also in front of the camera for Edgar Wallace film adaptations such as "The Avenger" (1960) and "The Secret of the Yellow Daffodils" (1961). In "City Without Pity" she filmed with Kirk Douglas (1960).
Younger viewers knew Ingrid van Bergen above all as a popular reality star and winner of the RTL show "Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!", where she became "Jungle Queen" in 2009.
Several years in prison for manslaughter
In 1977 there was a big scandal about van Bergen. After shooting her lover, the actress spent several years in prison for manslaughter. After her release in the early 1980s, she only gradually managed to re-enter the entertainment industry.
This was followed by many guest appearances, especially in crime dramas and TV series. Again and again she was also seen on talk shows. At the Kammertheater Karlsruhe in 2011, she could be admired as a fun-loving senior citizen in the tragicomedy "Harold and Maude".
The actress lived in the Lower Saxony community of Eyendorf south of Hamburg for the last few years.
van BERGEN, Ingrid
Born: 6/15/1931, Free City of Danzig
Died: 11/28/2025, Eyendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
Ingrid van Bergen’s westerns – actress:
Legend of a Gunfighter – 1964 (Linda)
Prairie-Saloon (TV) – 1964 (Lily)
Alive or Preferably Dead – 1969 [German voice of Sydne Rome]
Support Your Local Gunfighter – 1971 [German voice of Joan Blondell]
The Cowboys – 1972 [German voice of Colleen Dewhurst]
Stadt ohne Sheriff (TV) – 1972-1973 (Mrs. Wallace)
Kung Fu (TV) – 1973 [German voice of Barbara Stuart]
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