
Marion Michael, who was born in Königsberg, Germany (later renamed Kalingrad and now part of Russia), debuted in the 1956 television movie Liane, das Mädchen aus dem Urwald, aka Liane, Jungle Goddess, when she was just sixteen. The role is said to have generated controversy because Michael was topless in it, but a sequel was made, so we guess it wasn’t exactly a crippling controversy. We know what you’re thinking—topless in a television movie? Hey, it’s Germany. They have that whole freikörperkultur thing. This photo looks a bit West Coast, U.S., but it’s actually a promo distributed by Amsterdam based N.V. Standaardfilms, probably used when Liane played in the Netherlands in 1959. It’s a soaringly great shot.