Helen Leslie Schneider was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Dvora and Abraham Schneider. She studied piano before forming her own blues band and performing in venues throughout New England and New York. She has had a varied career in music, theatre, recording, literature and film. Between 1978 and 1984, she achieved success as a rock singer in Germany; her song “Rock ’n’ Roll Gypsy” reached the top 10 and earned her a Gold Record Award. She also shared the Goldene Europa Award with John Lennon. In 1980 she toured with German rock legend Udo Lindenberg. She played one of the leads in the 1983 film Eddie and the Cruisers, which has since gained a large cult following, especially in Germany, where Schneider has strong name recognition. In 1987, she began her theatre career at the Theater des Westens in Berlin, playing Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. From 1995 to 1998, she performed as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard. From 1999 to 2001, she appeared as Eva Perón in the musical Evita at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele. In 2014, she starred as Judy Garland in the European production of End of the Rainbow. She received significant acclaim for her one‑woman performance pieces A Walk on the Weill Side, A Voice and A Piano and Verwandlungen. In 2006, she received the DIVA – German Entertainment Prize for her lifetime achievements.
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Shadows of the Night 1981
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Hot summer nites
Like A Woman
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Angry Times
Somewhere over the rainbow 2009
Rock´n Roll Gypsy (LIVE 1983)
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