Her feast day, December 16, is still kept in many German dioceses.

His mother, Paula ( born Paula Voit ), had German as a mother tongue, but was ethnically of " mixed Hungarian " origin: Her maiden name Voit is German, probably of Saxon origin from Upper Hungary ( Since 1920 in Czechoslovakia, since 1993 in Slovakia ), though she spoke Hungarian fluently.

Her real name was Ruth Werner – a German communist and a Major in Soviet Military Intelligence.

Her last acting role before becoming a director was the 1933 U. S .- German co-productions of the Arnold Fanck-directed, German-language SOS Eisberg and the Tay Garnett-directed, English-language SOS Iceberg.

Her father is Bernard Lewinsky, an oncologist, who is the son of German Jews who escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to El Salvador and later the United States.

Her one exception was her militant anti-German sentiment due to the annexation of Danish territories by the newly-created German Empire.

Her father, John W. Bullock ( born 1925 ), was a United States Army employee and part-time voice coach from Birmingham, Alabama, and her mother, Helga D. Meyer ( 1942 – 2000 ), was a German opera singer and voice teacher.

Her father is of German descent and her mother is a mix of Greek, Turkish, and Welsh descent.

Her wartime activities in German Occupied France were dramatised in the film Carve Her Name with Pride, starring Virginia McKenna and based on the 1956 book of the same name by R. J. Minney.

Her best known film roles were " Susanne Wallner " in Wolfgang Staudte's film Die Mörder sind unter uns ( The Murderers Are Among Us ), the first film released after the Second World War in East Germany and produced by DEFA ); and in 1950, " Marina " in Die Sünderin ( The Sinner ), in which she performed a brief nude scene, the first in German film history, causing a scandal.

Her mother has German, English, and Cherokee ancestry.

* Elizabeth von Arnim's novels Elizabeth and Her German Garden and Solitary Summer

Her paternal grandfather, John Claus Peters, was the son of German immigrants, Claus Peters and Caroline Catherine Eberlin.

Her parents were Francis, Duke of Teck, who was of German extraction, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a member of the British Royal Family.

Her father, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was the ruler of a small German state, the Principality of Ansbach, and she belonged to a branch of the House of Hohenzollern.

Her father was the ruler of one of the smallest German states ; he died of smallpox at the age of 32, when Caroline was three years old.

Her extraordinary talent was discovered when Miranda was first introduced to composer Josué de Barros, who went on to promote and record her first album with a Brunswick, a German recording company in 1929.

Her maternal great-grandfather was jurist Victor Ehrenberg and her matrilineal great-grandmother's father was German jurist Rudolf von Jhering.

" Her strong Anglican beliefs propelled her to help all those who needed it, both German and Allied soldiers.

Her final words to the German Lutheran prison chaplain, Paul Le Seur, were recorded as, " Ask Father Gahan to tell my loved ones later on that my soul, as I believe, is safe, and that I am glad to die for my country.

Her father was of German, Dutch, and Irish descent, and her mother was of Swiss and Swedish ancestry.

Her father was of Irish and German descent and her mother was of Irish and English ancestry.

Her legal battle for recognition from 1938 to 1970 continued a lifelong controversy and was the longest running case ever heard by the German courts where it was officially filed.

Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes ( 1997 ), The Hi-Lo Country ( 1999 ), The Girl of Your Dreams ( 2000 ) and Woman on Top ( 2000 ).

Her next event was the 2000 Australian Open, which she won in singles without the loss of a set.

Her 22 singles titles mark the record for most Grand Slam wins by a tennis player ( male or female ) since introduction of the Open Era in 1968.

Her winning streak ( unbeaten since the 1989 French Open loss to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ) continued with victories in Tokyo, Amelia Island, and Hamburg.

Her overall record in 56 Grand Slam events was 282 – 34 ( 89 percent ) ( 87 – 10 at the French Open, 75 – 8 at Wimbledon, 73 – 10 at the US Open, and 47 – 6 at the Australian Open ).

Her debut at the Australian Open, Williams defeated younger sister Serena in the second round, which was the sisters ' first professional meeting.

Her next tournament was the Premier Mandatory Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, where she was seeded third.

Her next tournament was the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, a Premier Mandatory tournament.

Her next tournament was the French Open, where she played both singles and doubles despite her knee injury.

Her next tournament was the 2011 Australian Open where she was the fourth seed.

Her next scheduled tournament was the US Open.

Her film career had spread over almost 20 years before she gained international renown as Pina in Roberto Rossellini's neorealist milestone Roma, città aperta ( Rome, Open City, 1945 ).

The track " Open My Eyes " has been said to be the inspiration behind one of the earliest songs written by KISS, " Love Her All I Can ", a song originally intended for the pre-KISS band Wicked Lester.

Her overall record in 67 Grand Slam singles events was 306 – 49. 862 ( 120 – 14 at Wimbledon, 89 – 17 at the US Open, 51 – 11 at the French Open, and 46 – 7 at the Australian Open ).

Her announcement was a surprise because Henin was still ranked World No. 1 and was considered the favorite for the 2008 French Open, where she would have been the 3-time defending champion.

Her second came a year later at the French Open with straight-sets wins over Chris Evert in the semifinals and West German left-hander Sylvia Hanika in the final.

Her last consistent performance in a Grand Slam event was at the 1988 Australian Open, where, as the defending champion, she reached the quarterfinals before losing to the eventual champion, Steffi Graf.

Her Open era singles career winning percentage of 91. 37 % ( 593-56 ) is also unequaled.

Her win-loss performance in all Grand Slam singles tournaments was 82. 09 % ( 133-29 ), at the French Open, 84. 21 % ( 16-3 ), at Wimbledon, 83. 33 %% ( 50-10 ), at the US Open, 81. 25 % ( 26 – 6 ), and at the Australian Open, 80. 39 % ( 41-10 ).