After posing nude for "Playboy" magazine at the age of 54 in 1999, she was called "Germany's most beautiful grandmother".
Began dating Tony Curtis when she was 17. They met on the set of Taras Bulba (1962)
Children with Tony Curtis: Alexandra Theodora Dido (19 July 1964); Allegra (12 July 1966)
Ex-stepmother of Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis.
Has her own line of cosmetics which she sells on a German Home Shopping network
Her father, Johannes, was a German air force officer. Her mother, Genevieve Gavaert, was a French doctor who gave up her practice to further Christine's career.
Her older brother, Gunther, formed a company with Tony Curtis to sell European film location pictures to the world press while Curtis was dating Christine.
Is fluent in German, English and French.
Is good friends with actress Candice Bergen
Mother of German actresses Allegra Curtis and Alexandra Curtis.
Resides in Hamburg and Munich.
Turned down the title role of Lolita (1962)