Born 1929 in Vienna, Austrian actress Nadja Tiller made her film debut in 1949 in Arthur de Glahs’s Märchen vom Glück (Good Luck Fairytale), opposite Hildegard Knef. In 1952, she starred opposite Inge Egger and O. W. Fischer in Eduard von Borsody’s Ich hab’ mich so an Dich gewöhnt. She met her future husband Walter Giller in 1953; they became the German Traumpaar (dream couple) in many productions to come.
Tiller was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses in the international cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, receiving international recognition when she played the title role in the 1958 film Das Mädchen Rosemarie (Rosemary) in 1958, shown at the Venice Film Festival. It opened the way to international films. She often played alongside her husband, Walter Giller.
Nadja Tiller married actor Walter Giller in 1956; they had a son and a daughter. In March 2008, they moved into the Augustinum retirement home in Hamburg. Giller died of cancer in 2011, at age 84. Tiller died in Hamburg in 2023, at age 93.
Take a look at these fabulous photos to see the beauty of a young Nadja Tiller in the 1950s.
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