In a business that burns through people quickly, Ilse Steppat is a long-distance runner known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. She has been working on screen for more than 79 years. 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is the title most people reach for first, with Irma Bunt at the center of it. Adventure has been the most frequent territory.
Ilse Steppat
Actress
52 years (Nov 11, 1917 – Dec 21, 1969)Wuppertal, Germany
In a business that burns through people quickly, Ilse Steppat is a long-distance runner known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. She has been working on screen for more than 79 years. 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is the title most people reach for first, with Irma Bunt at the center of it. Adventure has been the most frequent territory.
Ilse Paula Steppat (November 11, 1917 in Wuppertal – December 21, 1969 in West Berlin) was a German actress. In her only English language role, she played Blofeld's assistant and henchwoman Irma Bunt in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. She died of a heart attack days after the release.Ilse Steppat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.