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Occupation
Actress, screenwriter
Name
Christa Lang
Role
Actress
Children
Samantha Fuller
Born
December 23, 1943 (age 80) (
1943-12-23
)
United States
Spouse
Samuel Fuller (m. 1967–1997)
Movies
White Dog, Dead Pigeon on Beethove, The Champagne Murders, No Fear - No Die, Code Name: Tiger
Similar People
Samuel Fuller, Gianfranco Parolini, John McNaughton, Mika Kaurismaki, Claude Chabrol
Christa Lang-Fuller (born 23 December 1943) is a German-American film and television actress and screenwriter. Lang has worked frequently with her husband, director Samuel Fuller and is known for such films as White Dog, Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street, What's Up, Doc?, Land of Plenty, No Fear, No Die, Alphaville, The Big Red One, Nickelodeon and Thieves After Dark.
Christa Lang was born in Winterberg, Germany. At age seventeen, Lang moved to France, working in Paris as an au pair and a translator for a textile firm while studying acting.
Career
Lang made her film debut in the French new wave film The Murderer Knows the Score (1963), and had an uncredited walk-on role in Alphaville (1965). In 1967, she had a supporting part in The Champagne Murders opposite Anthony Perkins, followed by a supporting role in What's Up, Doc? (1972) opposite Barbra Streisand. In 1976, she appeared as Anna Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, based on the Lindbergh kidnapping.
She would go on to appear in her husband, Samuel Fuller's film White Dog (1982). In 1981, Lang co-founded Chrisam Films with Fuller. She also appeared in the French film Thieves After Dark (1984), and The Blood of Others (1984), opposite Jodie Foster and Sam Neill.
As a screenwriter, Lang is perhaps best known as the co-writer, with her husband, of the 1994 film Girls in Prison.
Personal life
Lang was married to director Samuel Fuller from 1967 until his death in 1997. Lang has one daughter with Fuller, Samantha.
Filmography
Actress
2017
The Queen of Hollywood Blvd as
Mama (as Christa Lang-Fuller)
2012
Night of the Templar as
Blind Woman
2004
Land of Plenty as
Trailer Park Woman
2001
Aizea: City of the Wind (Short) as
Card Playing Woman #1
1998
L.A. Without a Map as
Woman on Bus
1993
Les arpenteurs de Montmartre
1990
Tinikling or 'The Madonna and the Dragon' (TV Movie) as
Mama
1990
S'en fout la mort as
Toni's mother
1990
Chillers (TV Series) as
Mme Ferguson
- The Day of Reckoning (1990) - Mme Ferguson
1989
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (TV Movie)
1989
Street of No Return as
Nurse
1984
Mistral's Daughter (TV Mini Series) as
Concierge
- Episode #1.3 (1984) - Concierge
- Episode #1.2 (1984) - Concierge
- Episode #1.1 (1984) - Concierge
1984
The Blood of Others (TV Movie) as
La femme allemande de la fouille
1983
Thieves After Dark as
Solange
1982
White Dog as
Nurse
1980
The Big Red One as
German Countess (extended edition) (uncredited)
1976
Nickelodeon as
Stage Performer
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (TV Movie) as
Anna Hauptmann
1975
At Long Last Love as
Pregnant Lady (Lord & Taylor)
1972
Tatort (TV Series) as
Christa
- Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße (1972) - Christa
1972
What's Up, Doc? as
Mrs. Hosquith
1969
Charro! as
Christa (uncredited)
1967
Réseau secret as
Eva
1967
The Champagne Murders as
Paula
1966
The Upper Hand as
La fille de Mario
1965
Mission spéciale à Caracas as
Christelle
1965
Alphaville as
1st Seductress Third Class (uncredited)
1965
Le bonheur conjugal (TV Series)
1964
Code Name: Tiger as
La fille avec Dobrovsky
1964
Circle of Love
1963
L'assassin connaît la musique... as
Christine
Writer
1995
Kleptomania (story - as Christa Fuller)
1994
Girls in Prison (TV Movie) (written by)
1994
Rebel Highway (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Girls in Prison (1994) - (writer)
1994
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (Documentary) (idea - as Christa Fuller-Lang)
1990
Chillers (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- The Day of Reckoning (1990) - (written by)
Producer
2019
Harumi (Documentary) (producer)
2013
A Fuller Life (Documentary) (executive producer - as Christa Lang-Fuller) / (producer)
1994
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (Documentary) (associate producer - as Christa Fuller-Lang)
Miscellaneous
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (TV Movie documentary) (film clips and photographs permission - as Christie Fuller)
Thanks
2018
Fuller Women (Video documentary short) (special thanks - as Christa Lang Fuller)
2009
Footprints (additional thanks)
2005
The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'the Big Red One' (Video documentary) (special thanks: stills and archival footage)
1989
Street of No Return (special thanks - as Christa Fuller)
Self
2019
Harumi (Documentary) as
Self
2019
Peace of Mind: A Personal Look at Samuel Fuller's China Gate (Documentary short) as
Self (as Christa Lang-Fuller)
2018
Fuller Women (Video documentary short) as
Self (as Christa Lang Fuller)
2016
Sassi nello stagno (Documentary)
2016
Along for the Ride (Documentary) as
Self
2016
Lost Emulsion (Documentary) as
Self
2015
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany (Documentary) as
Self (as Christa Lang-Fuller)
2008
Four-Legged Time Bomb (Video documentary) as
Self (as Christa Lang-Fuller)
2006
Edge of Outside (Documentary) as
Self (as Christa L. Fuller)
2004
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (TV Movie documentary) as
