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Marlene Schmidt
Breslau, Germany
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 Germa…
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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.
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2004
Shoebox Zoo
TV show Line Producer
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1988
Kidnapped
Movie Secretary
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1984
They're Playing with Fire
Movie Gas Station Customer
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1982
Mortuary
Movie Lois Stevens
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1981
Separate Ways
Movie Pat Ingram
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1978
The Fifth Floor
Movie Night Nurse
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1978
Texas Detour
Movie Lady Bartender
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1976
Scorchy
Movie Claudia Bianco
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1975
Dr. Minx
Movie Harriet Thomas
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1975
The Specialist
Movie Elizabeth Bounds
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1974
The Teacher
Movie Alice Roberts
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1972
The Stepmother
Movie Sonya Hill
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1968
Farewell, Lebanon
Movie
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1968
The Red Plain
Movie Betty
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1968
Destiny
Movie Afsaneh
