As her father was Jewish, she moved to Vienna to escape the Nazis. Burns' mother, Evelina Maria Bettina Quittner von Hudec (1913–1987) was German-born ( Heidelberg) and,Īccording to Burns' autobiography Freak Unique, her first marriage was to a German Freiherr. Like Burns, Tony was an aspiring pop star. Although the two scarcely saw each other, they got on well and liked to listen to records together. He had an older brother named Tony (born 1948). Peter Jozzeppi Burns was born on 5 August 1959 in Port Sunlight, Cheshire. 2.2.1 Solo music career and collaborations.
