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Susan Denberg was born Dietlinde Ortrun Zechner on August 2, 1944 in Bad Polczyn, Germany (now Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland), the eldest of three children.
She moved to England as an au pair at the age of 18 and bought a flat in Chelsea with the help of a wealthy “philanthropist”, and her striking beauty landed her a role in the famous Bluebell dance troupe. While touring with Bluebell, she met actor Anthony ‘Tony’ Scott; The couple married in 1965 and Zechner left the Bluebells in Hollywood, but the marriage broke up shortly after.
Restored and surgically enhanced, Christina (Susan Denberg) appears to be the pinnacle of scientific achievement in Frankenstein’s Woman Made (Hammer 1967).
Reinvented as Susan Denberg, she began her screen career in 1966 with thrillers. the american dream (1966); episode Star Trek gave him further exposure. At this point her life began to take a turn for the worse, with a series of destructive relationships leading her to experiment with drugs as she became a fixture in Tinseltown.
In August 1966, she appeared as Playboy’s Best Friend of the Month; Deciding she would be perfect, Hammer landed the role of Christina in 1967 Frankenstein created a woman. Although her voice was dubbed, her performance was still impressive: in her first costume, she portrayed Christina as awkward and self-confident, and her reborn persona glowed with wicked determination and tragic self-awareness.
His drug use escalated to the point where his father took him to Austria and committed him to a psychiatric hospital: his disappearance from the showbiz radar led to false rumors that he had committed suicide. Her story is often seen as a cautionary tale about the evils of Hollywood, but her role as a mother of two sons adds a more human side to a life often seen as a caricature.
