Montag is the German word for Monday; it can refer to:

People

• Carol Montag, American folk singer-songwriter
• Heidi Montag, one of the main cast members on MTV's The Hills, sister of Holly Montag
• Holly Montag (born 1983), American television personality
• Jan-Marco Montag (born 1983), German field hockey player
• Jerzy Montag (born 1947), German politician of Polish birth
• Montag (musician), stage name of Canadian electronic musician Antoine Bédard
• Shirley Montag Almon (1935–1975), American economist
• Sven Montag, German sprint canoer
• Warren Montag (born 1952), American academic

Fictional characters

• Fräulein Montag, character in Franz Kafka's novel The Trial
• Guy Montag, central character in Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451

Other

• Guy Montag Doe v. San Francisco Housing Authority, lawsuit by the National Rifle Association
• Montag aus Licht, opera from Karlheiz Stockhausen's cycle Licht
• Montag Hall (Georgia Tech) (Harold E. Montag Hall), residence hall at the Georgia Institute of Technology
• All pages with titles containing "Montag"

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Otto Waalkes
Born	Otto Gerhard Waalkes (1948-07-22) 22 July 1948 (age 63) Emden
Occupation	comedian, actor
Website
www.otto-waalkes.com

Otto Waalkes live (2005)

Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948 in Emden, Germany) is a Frisian comedian and actor. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and movies. His perhaps most famous trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. They featured on the cover of his first album release.^[1]

He shares a close friendship with tennis player Steffi Graf, who also makes an appearance in the movie Otto - Der Außerfriesische. He has one child ("Benjamin Karl Otto Grigori Waalkes") with his first wife Manuela Ebelt, and was later married to actress Eva Hassmann until November 2011,^[2] who co-starred with him in Otto - Der Katastrophenfilm.

Discography[link]

Filmography[link]

• Otto – Der Film ('Otto – The Film') (1985)
• Otto – Der neue Film ('Otto - The New Film') (1987)
• Otto – Der Außerfriesische ('Otto - The Outer-Frisian') (1989)
• Otto – Der Liebesfilm ('Otto – The Romance film) (1992)
• St. Pauli Nacht ('St. Pauli Night') by Sönke Wortmann (1999)
• Otto – Der Katastrophenfilm ('Otto - The Disaster film') (2000)
• 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald ('7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood') (2004)
• 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug ('7 Dwarfs – The Wood Is Not Enough') (2006)
• Otto's Eleven (2010)

See also[link]

• German television comedy

References[link]

External links[link]

• (German) Official website
• Otto Waalkes at the Internet Movie Database
• (German) Website dedicated to Otto's Ottiphants

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Hildegard Knef
Hildegard Knef, aged 69, at her last concert (March 5, 1995) in Berlin
Born	(1925-12-28)December 28, 1925 Ulm, Germany
Died	February 1, 2002(2002-02-01) (aged 76) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Actress, singer, writer
Years active	1944–2001
Spouse	Kurt Hirsch (1947–52) (divorced) David Cameron (1962–76) (divorced) 1 child Paul von Schell (1977–2002) (her death)

Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (December 28, 1925 – February 1, 2002) was a German actress, singer and writer. She was billed in some English language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff.

Early years[link]

Hildegard Knef was born in Ulm. She began studying acting in 1940, aged 14. She appeared in several films before the fall of the Third Reich, but most were not released until after World War II.

During the Battle of Berlin, Knef dressed as a soldier in order to stay with her then lover Ewald von Demandowsky, joining him in defence of Schmargendorf.^[1] She was later sent to a prisoner of war camp.^[2]

Her best known film roles were "Susanne Wallner" in Wolfgang Staudte's film Die Mörder sind unter uns (The Murderers Are Among Us), the first film released after the Second World War in East Germany and produced by DEFA); and in 1950, "Marina" in Die Sünderin (The Sinner), in which she performed a brief nude scene, the first in German film history, causing a scandal. When the Roman Catholic Church protested, she responded vehemently, “I can't understand all the tumult - five years after Auschwitz.”^[3]

In the 1960s, she appeared in a number of low budget films such as Hammer films The Lost Continent.

She appeared in the 1975 screen adaptation of the Hans Fallada novel, Every Man Dies Alone directed by Alfred Vohrer,^[4] released in English as Everyone Dies Alone in 1976^[5] and for which she won an award for best actress at the International Film Festival in Carlsbad,^[6][7] then in Czechoslovakia.

United States[link]

Hildegard Knef's hand and footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood

David Selznick invited her to Hollywood, but she refused to agree to the conditions of the contract which reportedly included changing her name to Gilda Christian and pretending to be Austrian rather than German.^[8]

Years later, Knef's first husband, an American named Kurt Hirsch, encouraged her to try again for success in the U.S. She changed her name from Knef to Neff and achieved a measure of stardom on Broadway as “Ninotchka” in the Cole Porter musical, Silk Stockings.

Chanteuse[link]

She began a new career in 1963 as a singer and surprised her audiences with the deep, smoky quality of her voice and the many lyrics, which she wrote herself. Fans around the world rallied in her support as she defeated cancer several times. She returned to Berlin after the reunification.

In the 1960s and 1970s she enjoyed considerable success as a singer of German chansons, which she often co-wrote. The song she is mostly remembered for is "Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen" ("Red roses are to rain for me"). She is also known for her version of the song "Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin" ("I still have a suitcase in Berlin") and "Mackie Messer" ("Mack the knife")^[9]. She sold more than three million records in total.

Publications[link]

She published several books. Her autobiography Der geschenkte Gaul - Bericht aus einem Leben (The Gift Horse - Report of a Life) from 1970 was a candid recount of her life in Germany during and after World War II. It allegedly became the best-selling German book after World War II. Her second book "Das Urteil" ("The Verdict") from 1975 was a moderate success. It dealt with her struggle with breast cancer.

Family[link]

She was married three times and had a daughter, Christina (born May 16, 1968) by her second marriage, to British actor David Cameron.

Death[link]

Knef died from emphysema, aged 76, on February 1, 2002.

Selected filmography[link]

• Frühlingsmelodie (1945)
• Murderers Among Us (1946)
• Under the Bridges (1946)
• Die Sünderin (1950)
• Decision Before Dawn (1951)
• Diplomatic Courier (1951)
• Night Without Sleep (1952)
• Henriette (1952)
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
• Illusion in Moll (1952)
• The Man Between (1953)
• Svengali (1954)
• No Orchids for Lulu (1962)
• Caterina di Russia (1963)
• Waiting Room to the Beyond (1964)
• Gibraltar (1964)
• Mozambique (1965)
• The Lost Continent (1968)
• Everyone Dies Alone (1976)
• Fedora (1978)
• La Casa 4 (1988)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hildegard Knef

• Hildegard Knef at the Internet Movie Database
• Fan site, officially authorized*(German) (partly in English)
• Hildegard Knef on Europopmusic.eu (English)
• Hildegard Knef discography at MusicBrainz
• Short Portrait
• Hildegard Knef at Find a Grave

Heidi Montag
Montag attending the Girls Gone Wild Magazine second-issue party in Hollywood in June 2008.
Born	Heidi Blair Montag (1986-09-15) September 15, 1986 (age 25) Crested Butte, Colorado, United States[1]
Other names	Heidi Pratt (married name)
Occupation	Reality television personality, recording artist, fashion designer
Years active	2005–present
Television	The Hills (2006-2010) Famous Food (2011)
Spouse	Spencer Pratt (2009-present)
Relatives	Holly Montag (sister) Stephanie Pratt (sister in-law)

Heidi Blair Pratt (née Montag; born September 15, 1986) is an American media personality and singer. She came to prominence with her starring role on the MTV reality series The Hills from 2006 to 2010. In 2007, Montag began working on her debut album, Superficial, which was released in January 2010. She was featured in the second season of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! in 2009 and later appeared in VH1's reality series Famous Food during 2011.

In November 2008, Montag and The Hills cast member Spencer Pratt eloped to Mexico. The couple later married in the United States in April 2009. In July 2010, Montag filed for divorce after fifteen months of marriage to Pratt, but called off the divorce in September 2010.

Early life[link]

Montag was born in Crested Butte, Colorado on September 15, 1986.^[1] Her parents, Darlene and Tim Egelhoff, owned a restaurant in Crested Butte, although it was closed after twenty-one years of operation.^[2] Reality television personality Holly Montag is her older sister by three years.^[3] After graduating from high school, Montag moved to California where she enrolled at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.^[4]

Career[link]

[edit] 2005-2010: The Hills

During freshman orientation, Montag met Lauren Conrad, who at the time was a featured cast member on the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.^[5] After the two transferred to Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles,^[4] Conrad received her own spin-off series The Hills, which premiered on May 31, 2006.^[6] Montag eventually left the Fashion Institute in fall of 2005 when she was hired at Bolthouse Productions.^[7] According to Montag, she dropped out because she "did not find the school challenging."^[8] Within two years, she was promoted to event planner at Bolthouse.^[9]

Montag went on to star in all six seasons of The Hills, but last appeared on the series on the final season's fourth episode after her husband and fellow cast member, Spencer Pratt, had threatened to kill a series producer.^[10] He was due to return to the series after completing anger management training, although his behavior worsened which led to their being completely removed from the cast.^[11] Montag had also filed charges against The Hills creator Adam Divello, claiming sexual harassment.^[12]

[edit] 2007-2010: Superficial

In February 2007, Montag began working on an album with producer David Foster.^[13] In March 2009, Montag hired songwriter Cathy Dennis to work on her debut album.^[14] On the Billboard issue dated July 1, 2009, Montag's song "More Is More" debuted on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart at number fifty, becoming her first song to chart, despite not being released as a single.^[15] After five weeks on the chart, it peaked at number twenty-seven.^[16] On August 23, 2009, Montag performed "Body Language" during the Miss Universe 2009 pageant in the Bahamas.^[17] The performance received generally negative reviews from critics.^[18] Montag's debut album, Superficial, was digitally released on January 12, 2010.^[19] The album was self-funded and cost almost $2 million to record,^[20] and sold just over 1,000 copies in its first week of release.^[21] Montag released a video for "Superficial", the first and only single taken from the album.^[22]

2008-present: Other endeavors[link]

Montag was featured on the front cover of the February 2008 issue of Maxim.^[23][24] Montag debuted her fashion line, Heidiwood, at a fashion show at the Hollywood and Highland shopping center in Hollywood on April 11, 2008.^[25] In October 2008, it was confirmed that Anchor Blue, which had carried Montag’s line, would not be renewing her one-year contract, thus ending the line's run.^[26]

In November 2008, Montag and Pratt took part in scenes for an episode of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The two appeared as themselves in an episode that premiered in January 2009.^[27] Montag, along with Pratt, also signed on to appear on the second season of the reality series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! in April 2009.^[28] In early June 2009, it was reported that the couple had quit the show,^[29] although they later returned.^[30] The couple ultimately withdrew from appearing on the series after Montag suffered from a gastric ulcer which caused her to be hospitalized.^[31] Her appearance on the show, as well as Pratt's, was criticized after the couple claimed they were subject to torture.^[32][33]

In June 2009, it was confirmed that Montag would pose for Playboy.^[34] She appeared on the cover of the September 2009 issue of the magazine.^[35] In November 2009, Montag and Pratt released their first book, How To Be Famous: Our Guide to Looking the Part, Playing the Press and Becoming a Tabloid Fixture.^[36] In March 2010, Montag was cast in a cameo role in her first feature film, Just Go with It, which was released in February 2011.^[37][38] On April 10, 2010, Montag hosted the grand opening of the Liquid Pool in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[39]

In early 2011, Montag was confirmed to be one of seven celebrities to compete in the VH1 reality series, Famous Food, that premiered in the summer of 2011.^[40] Other cast members included Ashley Dupre, DJ Paul, Juicy J, Vincent Pastore, Danielle Staub, and Jake Pavelka.^[40] The cast members worked to open a Hollywood restaurant; the winner was given a partnership stake in the business.^[40] The series, which ran from July to September 2011, was won by DJ Paul.^[41] In October 2011, Montag announced that she is writing a memoir.^[42]

Personal life[link]

Montag in Las Vegas in December 2007

On March 3, 2008, Montag's stepbrother Eric O'Hara was killed in an accidental fall from an icy roof.^[43]

In 2006, she began dating Spencer Pratt. In May 2007, Montag and Pratt announced their engagement.^[44] On November 20, 2008, Montag and Pratt had a marriage ceremony in Mexico.^[45] No family members were present and the wedding ceremony lasted 15 minutes.^[46] Montag and Pratt married a second time on April 25, 2009 in Pasadena, California.^[47] On July 30, 2010, Montag filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences in the petition.^[48] However, the couple called off the divorce in September 2010.^[49] In November 2010, Montag and Pratt announced that the reason behind the couple's divorce was to help Montag's career.^[50] Later that November, Montag and Pratt renewed their wedding vows at a beachfront house in Carpinteria, California.^[51]

Plastic surgeries[link]

In April 2007, Montag had a breast augmentation and rhinoplasty. After much media speculation, Montag spoke to Us Weekly about her surgeries in September 2007.^[52] In January 2010, Montag revealed to People magazine that she had ten plastic surgery procedures in one day, performed by Dr. Frank Ryan on November 20, 2009. Among the procedures were brow-lifts, ear-pinnings, a chin reduction, as well as a second rhinoplasty and second breast augmentation. She revealed that she almost died from too much Demerol, reducing her breath rate to five breaths per minute, but said it was worth it.^[53]

In December 2010, Montag appeared on the cover of Life & Style magazine, revealing scars caused from her surgeries.^[54][55]

Filmography[link]

Published works[link]

• How To Be Famous: Our Guide to Looking the Part, Playing the Press and Becoming a Tabloid Fixture (with Spencer Pratt) (2009)

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

Wherever I Am

1. "Your Love Found Me" – 3:52
2. "More Is More" – 3:06
3. "Party Is Wherever I Am" – 3:28
4. "Turn Ya Head" – 3:39
5. "Look How I'm Doing" – 3:39

Here She Is...

1. "No More" – 4:05
2. "Overdosin'" – 3:45
3. "Look How I'm Doing" – 3:29
4. "Turn Ya Head" – 3:39
5. "More Is More" – 3:06
6. "Blackout" – 3:31
7. "Your Love Found Me" – 3:52

Dreams Come True

1. "Your Love Found Me" – 3:53
2. "Party Is Wherever I Am" – 3:30
3. "No More" – 4:02
4. "Overdosin'" – 3:45

Singles[link]

Promotional singles[link]

Music videos[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Heidi Montag

• Official Twitter
• Heidi Montag at the Internet Movie Database
• Heidi Montag at Allmusic