Actor

Marlene Schmidt

September 7, 1934 · Breslau, Germany

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.

Often works with

Alvy Moore
4 titles together
Mortuary, They're Playing with Fire, Dr. Minx
Anthony James
3 titles together
The Teacher, The Fifth Floor, Texas Detour
Howard Avedis
3 titles together
The Fifth Floor, Separate Ways, The Specialist
Sybil Danning
2 titles together
They're Playing with Fire, Separate Ways
Sharon Farrell
2 titles together
The Fifth Floor, Separate Ways
John Anderson
2 titles together
The Stepmother, The Specialist

Full filmography · 13

They're Playing with Fire
as Gas Station Customer and Writer
19845.1
Mortuary
as Lois Stevens and Writer
19825.2
Separate Ways
as Pat Ingram
1981
The Fifth Floor
as Night Nurse
1978
Texas Detour
as Lady Bartender
1978
Scorchy
as Claudia Bianco
1976
Dr. Minx
as Harriet Thomas
1975
The Specialist
as Elizabeth Bounds
1975
The Teacher
as Alice Roberts
19744.5
The Stepmother
as Sonya Hill
1972
Farewell, Lebanon
cast
1968
The Red Plain
as Betty
1968