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Lale Andersen

Lale Andersen – born Liese-Lotte Helene Berta Bunnenberg on March 23, 1905, in Lehe, Germany – was a chanson singer, songwriter and actress. She married at the age of 17 but divorced nine years later and moved to Berlin to study acting. She started performing music and comedy in local cabarets around Berlin. She gained notoriety thanks to the success of her song "Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens Lili Marleen", used as the theme song for German radio during the Second World War although it had not been successful when it was originally released in 1939. The song was so popular, she ...