Trivia

Received a 4 page pictorial (with 9 photos) in the March, 1966 issue of Playboy.

Against the will of her mother, who wanted a medical career for her daughter, Christiane Schmidtmer moved to Munich in 1959 and began two years of acting training.

After her return to Los Angeles, she met the polyglot language teacher and publisher Michel Thomas for the first time in August 1965 at the Chateau Marmont Hotel . The two began a long love relationship a short time later.

A short time later, Schmidtmer moved back to Heidelberg to live with her now widowed mother. Her own health deteriorated during this time.