The Biography

Christine Schuberth (also credited as Christine Schubert, born February 11, 1944, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian actress. Trained as a seamstress, she began her career on the Löwinger Stage and entered film in the mid-1960s, initially becoming known for roles in erotic and sexploitation cinema, including the title role in the two-part Josefine Mutzenbacher (1970–1971). From the mid-1970s onward, she expanded into theater and television, shedding this typecasting with appearances such as Klimbim. In the 1990s and 2000s, she became a regular presence on television, with notable roles in Ein Schloß am Wörthersee, Kaisermühlen Blues, and especially Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast (1997–2007), where she played inmate Jeannette Bergdorfer in over 400 episodes.