Christiane Kubrick

Christiane Kubrick (née Harlan) (born May 10, 1932) is a German actress, dancer, painter and singer. She was born into a theatrical family, and was the wife of well-known film director Stanley Kubrick. Christiane Harlan was born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony in 1932, the daughter of two opera singers Fritz Moritz and Ingeborg (de Freitas) Harlan. She was trained as an actress but became better known as an artist. Success in her earlier career as ... more

Christiane Kubrick (née Harlan) (born May 10, 1932) is a German actress, dancer, painter and singer. She was born into a theatrical family, and was the wife of well-known film director Stanley Kubrick. Christiane Harlan was born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony in 1932, the daughter of two opera singers Fritz Moritz and Ingeborg (de Freitas) Harlan. She was trained as an actress but became better known as an artist. Success in her earlier career as an actress led to her being cast in the film Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick, credited as Susanne Christian. In the final scene of Paths of Glory, Christiane plays a prisoner of war forced to sing to a rowdy, disillusioned tavern-full of French soldiers. Her rendition of the German folk song (in German) Ein treuer Husar (The Faithful Hussar) slowly wins the hearts of the men who stop their shameless carousing and one-by-one, begin to hum and sing along, many of them shedding tears of sadness and remorse. She and Kubrick married in 1958... less