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Elga Andersen (née Helga Hymen or Hymmen) (2 February 1935 – 7 December 1994) was a German actress and singer. She starred in more than one dozen French films in the 1950s and 1960s and also debuted as a recording artist in the 1950s. She performed the songs "Treu sein" and "Sündenlied" in the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, and co-starred in the 1971 Steve McQueen film Le Mans. Together with her second husband, Peter Gimbel, she embarked on a 1981 diving expedition of the sunken SS Andrea Doria.

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Born	Helga Hymen 2 February 1935 Dortmund, Germany
Died	7 December 1994 (aged 59) New York City, New York USA
Zodiac	Aquarius
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Christian Girard (1) - · m. 1962; div. 1974 info edit

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Peter Gimbel - · m. 1978 info edit

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