Marlene Schmidt

Acting

Marlene Schmidt

Born 1934-09-07 Breslau, Germany 14 films

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…

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Filmography

14 films
Kidnapped poster

A woman's sister is kidnapped on her 16th Birthday and forced into filming pornography. A policeman…

Kidnapped

★ 4.2 1988

Mortuary poster

A young woman investigates the seemingly accidental death of her father, revealing many unsettling…

Mortuary

★ 5.2 1982

Separate Ways poster

A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a ra…

Separate Ways

★ 4.7 1981

Texas Detour poster

A trip across the United States takes a wrong turn when three California teenagers have their van s…

Texas Detour

★ 4.4 1978

Scorchy poster

Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bi…

Scorchy

★ 4.4 1976

Dr. Minx poster

A small-town doctor (Edy Williams) becomes a suspect while probing her rich husband's mysterious de…

Dr. Minx

★ 4.0 1975

The Specialist poster

Jerry Bounds, an upright lawyer, must stand up against Pike Smith and his the water company's effor…

The Specialist

★ 4.7 1975

The Teacher poster

18-year-old Sean's first summer after completing high school is much spent with 28-year-old teacher…

The Teacher

★ 4.5 1974

The Stepmother poster

Returning home from a business trip, an architect assumes that a client is having an affair with hi…

The Stepmother

★ 4.1 1972