Laya Raki

Laya Raki was born on Jul 27, 1927 in Germany. Laya Raki's big-screen debut came with Der Rat der Götter directed by Kurt Maetzig in 1950. Laya Raki is known for Crane directed by Christopher Hodson, Patrick Allen stars as Richard Crane and Sam Kydd as Orlando O'Connor. The upcoming new movie Laya Raki plays is Savage Pampas which will be released on Jul 01, 1967.

Billed as "the black-haired volcano", sloe-eyed Laya Raki made international headlines in the 1950s, both on and off the screen. She was born Brunhilde Marie Joerns near Brunswick in Germany, the daughter of a German vaudevillian and circus artiste who earned his living with magic acts and acrobatics. Her Javanese mother left when she was five years old. Life was tough in the immediate aftermath of the war in occupied Germany and seventeen-year old Laya made ends meet by cashing in on the fad for erotic cabaret by performing striptease, initially at the Monte Carlo club in Berlin. With a solid background in ballet and having followed in her father's footsteps as an acrobat, she found herself perfectly suited to performing all manner of exotic and alluring dances. She was even credited with introducing the Cuban mambo to German audiences. With her long dark mane and high cheekbones, sultry and curvaceous Laya became an overnight success and photographed well as a pin-up. In 1948, she adopted her stage name, primarily based on her admiration for the (sadly short-lived) Ufa star