Christa Lang

Christa Lang
Lang in a publicity photo, ca. 1967
Born	Christa Lang Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Occupation(s)	Actress, screenwriter
Spouse	Samuel Fuller ​ ​ (m. 1967; died 1997)​
Children	Samantha Fuller

Christa Lang-Fuller is a German-American film and television actress and screenwriter. Lang worked frequently with her husband, director Samuel Fuller and is known for such films as White Dog, Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street, What's Up, Doc?, Land of Plenty, No Fear, No Die, Alphaville, The Big Red One, Nickelodeon and Thieves After Dark.^[1]

Early life

Christa Lang was born in Winterberg, Germany.^[2] At age seventeen, Lang moved to France, working in Paris as an au pair and a translator for a textile firm while studying acting.^[3]

Career

Lang made her film debut in the French new wave film The Murderer Knows the Score (1963), and had an uncredited walk-on role in Alphaville (1965).^[3] In 1967, she had a supporting part in The Champagne Murders opposite Anthony Perkins, followed by a supporting role in What's Up, Doc? (1972) opposite Barbra Streisand. In 1976, she appeared as Anna Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, based on the Lindbergh kidnapping.

She would go on to appear in her husband, Samuel Fuller's film White Dog (1982). In 1981, Lang co-founded Chrisam Films with Fuller.^[4] She also appeared in the French film Thieves After Dark (1984), and The Blood of Others (1984), opposite Jodie Foster and Sam Neill.

As a screenwriter, Lang is perhaps best known as the co-writer, with her husband, of the 1994 film Girls in Prison.^[5]

Personal life

Lang was married to director Samuel Fuller from 1967 until his death in 1997.^[4] They had one daughter, Samantha Fuller.^[4]

Filmography as actress

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	The Murderer Knows the Score	Christine
1964	Code Name: Tiger	La fille avec Dobrovsky
1965	Alphaville	1st Seductress Third Class	uncredited
1965	Mission spéciale à Caracas	Christelle
1966	The Upper Hand	La fille de Mario
1967	The Champagne Murders	Paula
1967	Réseau secret	Eva
1969	Charro!	Christa
1972	What's Up, Doc?	Mrs. Hosquith
1973	Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street	Christa	originally a Tatort episode
1975	At Long Last Love	Pregnant Lady
1976	The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case	Anna Hauptmann	television film
1976	Nickelodeon	Stage Performer
1980	The Big Red One	German Countess	uncredited
1982	White Dog	Nurse
1984	Thieves After Dark	Solange
1984	The Blood of Others	Femme Allemand fouille
1984	Mistral's Daughter	Concierge	miniseries; 4 episodes
1989	Samuel Fuller's Street of No Return	Nurse
1990	Tinikling ou 'La madonne et le dragon'	Mama
1990	No Fear, No Die	Toni's mother
1993	Les arpenteurs de Montmartre
1998	L. A. Without a Map	Woman on Bus
2001	Aizea: City of the Wind	Card Playing Woman	short film
2004	Land of Plenty	Trailer Park Woman
2013	Night of the Templar	Blind Woman
2017	The Queen of Hollywood Blvd	Mama

References

1. "Christa Lang". The New York Times. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
2. "A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking (Samuel Fuller, with Christa Lang Fuller, Jerome Henry Rudes; introduction by Martin Scorsese)". Film Talk. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
3. Smith, Michael Glover (9 September 2011). "Actress/Author Interview: Christa Lang Fuller". White City Cinema. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
4. "Christa Lang-Fuller's Top 10". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
5. The New York Times

External links

• Christa Lang at IMDb
• Christa Lang at Encyclopædia Britannica