Marlene Schmidt
Born in Breslau, Germany — Sep 07 1934
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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 usuall…
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Shoebox Zoo
Production
The Fifth Floor
Night Nurse
Mortuary
Lois Stevens
They're Playing with Fire
Gas Station Customer
The Stepmother
Sonya Hill
Scorchy
Claudia Bianco
The Teacher
Alice Roberts
Dr. Minx
Harriet Thomas
Kidnapped
Secretary
Separate Ways
Pat Ingram
Texas Detour
Lady Bartender
The Specialist
Elizabeth Bounds
Farewell, Lebanon
The Red Plain
Betty
Destiny
Afsaneh