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Marlene Schmidt
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Fled East Germany in 1960 to live in Stuttgart and work as an electronics engineer. Soon after, she entered a beauty contest on a whim and ended up winning the title of Miss Germany. That led to being crowned Miss Universe in 1961. She married actor Ty Hardin in 1962, but the marriage only lasted 3 years. In 1969, she married Iraqi-born filmmaker Howard Avedis. Their partnership resulted in numerous drive-in hits and cult classics, including The Stepmother (1972), The Teacher (1974) and Mortuary (1983). Marlene always produced, sometimes wrote and usually appeared in supporting roles in these productions.
Known For
3.7
Secretary
Kidnapped
1988
5.1
Gas Station Customer
They're Playing with Fire
1984
5.2
Lois Stevens
Mortuary
1982
4.1
Pat Ingram
Separate Ways
1981
4.5
Night Nurse
The Fifth Floor
1978
4.0
Lady Bartender
Texas Detour
1978
3.8
Claudia Bianco
Scorchy
1976
2.4
Harriet Thomas
Dr. Minx
1975
3.0
Elizabeth Bounds
The Specialist
1975
4.3
Alice Roberts
The Teacher
1974
Credits
Kidnapped
as Secretary
1988
3.7
They're Playing with Fire
as Gas Station Customer
1984
5.1
Mortuary
as Lois Stevens
1982
5.2
Separate Ways
as Pat Ingram
1981
4.1
The Fifth Floor
as Night Nurse
1978
4.5
Texas Detour
as Lady Bartender
1978
4.0
Scorchy
as Claudia Bianco
1976
3.8
Dr. Minx
as Harriet Thomas
1975
2.4
The Specialist
as Elizabeth Bounds
1975
3.0
The Teacher
as Alice Roberts
1974
4.3
The Stepmother
as Sonya Hill
1972
3.8
Farewell, Lebanon
1968
0.0
The Red Plain
as Betty
1968
3.0
Destiny
as Afsaneh
1968
0.0