Director

Marlene Schmidt

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 936137

IMDb ID: nm0773104

Known for: Acting

Born: September 7, 1934

Age: 91

Place of birth: Breslau, Germany

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1968 - 2004

Years active: 37

Average TMDB rating: 4.94

Wikidata: Q72379

Frequent jobs

Executive Producer (3)Producer (3)Associate Producer (2)Line Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)Writer (1)

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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 usually appeared in supporting roles in these productions.

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