Annelie Thorndike was born on April 17, 1925 in Klützow, Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Unternehmen Teutonenschwert (1958), Die alte neue Welt (1977) and Die Sieben vom Rhein (1954). She was married to Andrew Thorndike. She died on December 26, 2012 in Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.