ArtistInfo

Zarah Leander

voc, 1907-1981 SE, Karlstad
Singer of Pop
A.k.a. Sara Stina Hedberg

Zarah Leander (15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. Leander began her career in the late 1920s, and by the mid-1930s her success in Europe, particularly in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, led to invitations to work in the United States. She was reluctant to relocate her children, and opted to remain in Europe. From 1936, she was contracted to work for the German Universum Film AG (UFA) while continuing to record songs. Leander later noted that while her films were successful, her work as a recording artist was more profitable. Involvement with the Nazi propaganda machine did not prevent her from recording in 1938 the Yiddish song Bei Mir Bistu Shein.

Genres

• Pop
• Soundtrack
• World
• Classical
• Jazz

Plays With