Nico

Nico

Christa Päffgen

Born October 16, 1938· Cologne, Germany

† Died July 18, 1988

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Emerging from a wartime childhood that shifted from Cologne to the Spreewald forest and later Berlin, Christa Päffgen entered the fashion world as a teenager after being spotted by photographer Herbert Tobias; she adopted the name “Nico,” modeled for leading magazines, and refined her craft at Lee Strasberg’s acting studio while also taking singing lessons encouraged by her partner Nico Papatakis.…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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