Errol Flynn’s co-star and leading lady of his 1957 film ‘Istanbul’,
Cornell Borchers died on May 12, 2014 at age 89. She died in Germany.
She was born in Lithuania of German ancestry and was a star of the German cinema before coming to Hollywood.
Her other major Hollywood films were ‘The Big Lift’ (1949) with Montgomery Clift, and ‘Never Say Goodbye’ (1956) with Rock Hudson and George Sanders.
Universal Pictures was hoping Miss Borchers would be the next Ingrid Bergman or Greta Garbo.
— rswilltell
