Irmgard Keun

Irmgard Keun was born on Feb 06, 1905 in Germany. Irmgard Keun's big-screen debut came with Das kunstseidene Mädchen directed by Julien Duvivier in 1960.

Irmgard Keun was born in Berlin, Germany in 1905. She had early stage aspirations, and landed several minor film roles before turning to writing. Her first novel, Gilgi, eine von uns (Gilgi, One of Us), was a runaway bestseller and made into a film the year after it was published.