Marlene Schmidt
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(14 total)
Mortuary
as Lois Stevens
They're Playing with Fire
as Gas Station Customer
The Teacher
as Alice Roberts
The Fifth Floor
as Night Nurse
The Stepmother
as Sonya Hill
Scorchy
as Claudia Bianco
Kidnapped
as Secretary
Separate Ways
as Pat Ingram
Texas Detour
as Lady Bartender
Dr. Minx
as Harriet Thomas
The Specialist
as Elizabeth Bounds
The Red Plain
as Betty
Destiny
as Afsaneh