Veruschka von Lehndorff

Veruschka von Lehndorff was born on May 14, 1939 in Germany. Veruschka von Lehndorff's big-screen debut came with Blow-Up directed by Michelangelo Antonioni in 1966. Veruschka von Lehndorff is known for Casino Royale directed by Martin Campbell, Daniel Craig stars as James Bond and Eva Green as Vesper Lynd. The upcoming new movie Veruschka von Lehndorff plays is Casino Royale which will be released on Nov 17, 2006.

Her father was a Prussian count (Count von Lehndorff-Steinort) who was involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944 and hanged that year, when Vera was three. Her mother was arrested, and Vera and her sisters spent the rest of the war in Gestapo camps. They were reunited with their mother after the war, but the family was destitute, and ostracised by other Germans for their father's treachery. She ended up studying textile design in Florence, where a fashion designer first asked her to model. She had first travelled to New York in 1961 as plain old Vera, but failed to secure a single booking. After retreating to Milan for a spell, she returned to take Manhattan under her new name.... Veruschka!