Christiane Kubrick
| Christiane Kubrick | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Christiane Susanne Harlan 10 May 1932 Braunschweig, Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Werner Bruhns (1952–1957) Stanley Kubrick (1958–1999) |
| Children | 3 daughters |
Christiane Susanne Kubrick (née Harlan; born 10 May 1932) is a German actress, dancer, painter and singer. She was born into a theatrical family, and was the wife of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick from 1958 until his death in 1999.
Christiane Susanne Harlan was born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony in 1932, the daughter of two opera singers, Fritz Moritz Harlan and his wife Ingeborg (née de Freitas). 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, the young woman she plays is forced to sing to a rowdy, disillusioned tavern-full of French soldiers. Her rendition in German of the German folk song Ein treuer Husar (The Faithful Hussar) slowly wins the hearts of the crowd of men who stop their mocking and carousing, and, one by one, begin to hum and sing along, many of them in tears.
She and Kubrick married in 1958, shortly after filming was completed. Their marriage lasted until Kubrick's death in 1999; they had two daughters, Anya and Vivian. Christiane has an elder daughter, Katherina, the only child of her first marriage to , which ended in 1957. Anya died in 2009 from cancer, aged 50.
The Kubrick family moved to England in the early 1960s, where Christiane continued to paint and exhibit. She became a highly accomplished and avidly collected artist with a passion for floral settings and still lifes. Her works were featured in two Stanley Kubrick films. In A Clockwork Orange (1971), a large floral oil painting adorns the living room of "Home", the abode of reclusive writer Frank Alexander (Patrick Magee) and his wife (Adrienne Corri) during the infamous "Singin' in the Rain" scene. Nearly thirty years later, in Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Christiane's vivid paintings adorn nearly every wall of Dr. and Mrs. Harford's (Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman) NY city apartment. A few paintings by her daughter Katherina are also shown. Her paintings are also featured in various rooms of Ziegler's (Sydney Pollack) NYC mansion (in the billiard room and the upstairs bathroom).
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