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Marlene Schmidt
Known for: ActingFled 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.
Filmography 7
They're Playing with Fire
as Gas Station Customer 
Mortuary
as Lois Stevens 
Separate Ways
as Pat Ingram 
The Fifth Floor
as Night Nurse 
The Teacher
as Alice Roberts 
Scorchy
as Claudia Bianco 
The Specialist
as Elizabeth Bounds