Helga Anders (11 January 1948 – 30 March 1986) was an Austrian actress.
She was born Helga Scherz in Innsbruck, to an Austrian father and a German mother, and she grew up in Ruhpolding and Bielefeld after her parents divorced. She made her stage debut at the age of eight.
Anders is best known in Great Britain for her part in the Yugoslav-West German television series The White Horses, and is also remembered for playing several roles in the German TV series Derrick.
Personal life
She had a daughter, Tatjana Leslie, with the actor Roger Fritz.
She appeared as one of 28 women under the banner We've had abortions! (Wir haben abgetrieben!) on the cover page of the West German magazine Stern on 6 June 1971. In that issue, 374 women publicly stated that they had had pregnancies terminated, which at that time was illegal.
Death
Her addictions with alcohol and drugs resulted in her death at 38. She died of heart failure in Haar, Bavaria, West Germany.
Selected filmography
Max the Pickpocket (1962), as Brigitte Schilling
Die Unverbesserlichen (1965–1967, TV series, 3 episodes), as Lore Scholz
Der Forellenhof (1965, TV series, 8 episodes), as Christa Buchner
How to Seduce a Playboy (1966), as Lucy
Congress of Love (1966), as Anni Leithner
The White Horses (1966, TV series, 13 episodes), as Julia
Girls, Girls (1967), as Angela
Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967), as Edna Cormick
Das Rasthaus der grausamen Puppen (1967), as Linda
Tattoo (1967), as Gaby
Sugar Bread and Whip (1968), as Helga Arnold
Beyond Control (1968), as Monika
Rabbit in the Pit (1969), as Leslie
The Unnaturals (1969), as Elizabeth
Our Doctor is the Best (1969), as Loni Vogt
Der Kommissar: "Die Schrecklichen" (1969, TV series episode), as Herta Panse
The Brutes (1970), as Alice
Der Kommissar: "Tod eines Schulmädchens" (1972, TV series episode), as Kirsten Benda
Fall nicht in den Schwanensee (1973, TV film)
Pan (1973)
Derrick - Season 1, Episode 2: "Johanna" (1974, TV series episode), as Roswitha Meinecke
The Clown (1976), as Sabine
Tatort: "Kassensturz" (1976, TV series episode), as Renate Cand
Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr (1976), as Kimmi
Das Blaue Palais, Episode 5: "Unsterblichkeit" (1976, TV series episode), as Yvonne
Derrick - Season 4, Episode 2: "Hals in der Schlinge" (1977, TV series episode), as Heli
Derrick - Season 5, Episode 2: "Tod eines Fans" (1978, TV series episode), as Vera Höfer
Derrick - Season 5, Episode 7: "Kaffee mit Beate" (1978, TV series episode), as Beate Schill
The Old Fox: "Teufelsbrut" (1979, TV series episode), as Christa Brückner
Hurricane Rosy (1979), as Charlotte
Derrick - Season 7, Episode 8: "Auf einem Gutshof" (1980, TV series episode), as Waltraud Heimann
The Old Fox: "Bruderliebe" (1980, TV series episode), as Anita Will
Derrick - Season 8, Episode 2: "Der Kanal" (1982, TV series episode), as Hannelore Junker
Derrick - Season 11, Episode 13: "Der Klassenbeste" (1984, TV series episode), as Uschi
Ein Fall für zwei: "Blutsbande" (1985, TV series episode), as Monika Brauer
Biographical information
Short Biography (in German)