Actor
Marlene Schmidt
92 years · 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 (1972), The Teacher (1974) and Mortuary (1983). Marlene always produced, sometimes wrote and usually appeared in supporting roles in these productions.
Best known for
Filmography 14
Kidnapped
1988 · Secretary, Producer
They're Playing with Fire
1984 · Gas Station Customer, Writer
On Plex
Mortuary
1982 · Lois Stevens, Producer
On Plex
Separate Ways
1981 · Pat Ingram
On Philo
The Fifth Floor
1978 · Night Nurse
Texas Detour
1978 · Lady Bartender
Scorchy
1976 · Claudia Bianco
On Tubi TV
Dr. Minx
1975 · Harriet Thomas
On Plex
The Specialist
1975 · Elizabeth Bounds, Screenplay
The Teacher
1974 · Alice Roberts
The Stepmother
1972 · Sonya Hill
Farewell, Lebanon
1968 · Actor
The Red Plain
1968 · Betty
Destiny
1968 · Afsaneh, Producer