Evelyne Kraft


Evelyne Kraft was a Swiss business woman and former actress. She was best known for her roles in the films Lady Dracula and The Mighty Peking Man.

Background

Born in Zürich, Switzerland on 22 September 1951, Kraft made her acting debut in 1972 as Evelyne Elgar alongside with Anita Ekberg in the French horror film Casa d'appuntamento. This was followed by the role of a mechanic Jacqueline in Rudolf Zehetgruber's 1973 German comedy film Ein Käfer auf Extratour and other roles in Die Fabrikanten, Das verrückteste Auto der Welt, Verbrechen nach Schulschluss and Das fünfte Gebot and also acted in the TV series Ein Fall für Männdli episode Die Verrückte. She gained fame for the portrayal of the title heroine in Franz Josef Gottlieb's 1977 West German film Lady Dracula.
She starred in two Hong Kong Shaw Brothers films Deadly Angels and The Mighty Peking Man. Kraft played her last role in the 1980 Soviet-French-Swiss co-production film Teheran 43 as Jill the false secretary, before retiring from acting.
She later married to an heir of a real estate company and has three children. In 1995, she presided over her husband's construction timber company with business and charity interests. She also dedicated herself to animal welfare and global poverty concerns.
She died due to a sudden heart failure with her family by her side in Islisberg on 13 January 2009.

Filmography

Films

Television

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