Evi Kent

Short Biography

Beautiful and sexy Evi Kent was an actress and singer who appeared in dozens of German-language films and tv-shows of the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s.Who knows Evi Kent? The bikini girl on this postcard must have been a popular singer and actress between 1953 and 1973. On the web you can find several references that she posed for postcards, made successful and funny records, and appeared in dozens of popular film and tv-shows, but some personal information about her is nowhere to be found. Our favourite film database IMDb does mention her birthday, 8 March, but not the year when she was born nor her birthplace, not even her homecountry. Neither do sources like the German database Filmportal.de or the usually well informed Stephanie D’heil on her Steffi-line site give any indication who Evi was and if she is still alive. (We do hope so.) So, let’s research Evi’s career together. If you have more information about her, please let us know.According to IMDb Evi Kent’s first appearances were in 1953 on German television, in the comedy Spiel mit dem Glück (1953, Peter A. Horn) and in the musical show Knallbonbons (1953, Hanns Farenburg). Let’s say she was about 18 then, thus born ca. 1935, and was West-German. From early on she worked both as an actress and a singer. In Spiel mit dem Glück the Trinidad born singer Mona Baptiste starred and Evi was billed fourth. In Knallbonbons some then well-known artists performed like Belgian singer-actress Angèle Durand and the dance group The Hiller Girls. Evi’s appearances must have been successful, while in the following years some supporting roles followed in theatrical films like the comedy Mamitschka (1955, Rolf Thiele) starring Rudolf Platte, Friederike von Barring (1956, Rolf Thiele) starring Nadja Tiller, Mein Vater, der Schauspieler (1956, Robert Siodmak) with O.W. Fischer, and Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett (1957, Paul Verhoeven) with Gerhard Riedmann. Among her songs was the popular schlager Papa Tanzt Mambo, which later appeared on compilations like 100 Goldene Schlager 1930-1955. In 1956 she also made a great German cover version of Teresa Brewer’s hit A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl, Mauerblümchen, and that same year she also sang the cheeky Warum drehn' sich alle Männer nach mir um? Both can be heard on YouTube.For four years Evi Kent did not appear in films, but in 1961 she played small parts in the Austrian comedy Unsere tollen Tanten (1961, Rolf Olsen) with Günter Philipp and Vivi Bach, and the sequel Unsere tollen Nichten (1962, Rolf Olsen). During the early 1960’s she appeared mainly in small roles in Austrian films in Austria: in comedies and schlager films. Some titles are Das haben die Mädchen gern/That’s What the Girls Like (1962, Kurt Nachmann) with Ann Smyrner and Tanze mit mir in den Morgen/Dance with Me Into the Morning (1962, Peter Dörre) with Rex Gildo. She played the female lead in the adventure comedy Unter Wasser küßt man nicht/Under Water One Doesn’t Kiss (1962, Erich Heindl) opposite Gunther Philipp. It would not bbecome her breakthrough role, and in the following years her parts in films became smaller. Those films included Rote Lippen soll man küssen/Red Lips Should Be Kissed (1963, Franz Antel) starring Johanna Matz, Allotria in Zell am See (1963, Franz Marischka) and Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich (1964, Wolfgang Liebeneiner), all fluffy and forgettable. Evi found bigger roles in comedies on television, like next to Hannelore Auer in Eheinstitut Harmonie/Marriage Institute Harmony (1964, Dieter Pröttel), in Mitternachtszauber/Midnight Magic (1964, Ralph Lothar) with Beppo Brem, and in Der doppelte Moritz/Thre Double Moritz (1966, Fred Kraus) starring popular comedian Willy Millowitsch. Probably she often performed as a singer on tv, like in the Silvester Show (1964) and Es funkeln die Sterne - Eine musikalische Silvesterreise um die Welt (1966). The following years her appearances became rarer. On tv she was seen next to Georg Thomalla in an episode of Komische Geschichten mit Georg Thomalla, and in the musical Auf der grünen Wiese (1971, Edwin Zbonek) and in the cinema she was last seen in Blau blüht der Enzian (1973), a comedy set in the winter resort of Kitzbühel starring tv presenter Ilja Richter. On tv she was last seen in an episode of the tv series Alfred auf Reisen (1982) with Alfred Böhm. And then all traces of beautiful Evi Kent disappear...