Marlene Schmidt
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.
They're Playing with Fire
as Gas Station CustomerA married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her...
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The Stepmother
as Sonja HillReturning home from a business trip, an architect assumes that a client is having an affair with...
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The Fifth Floor
as Night NurseA young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning....
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Mortuary
as Lois StevensChristie Parson has constant nightmares of her father's death whom died in a swimming pool....
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The Teacher
as Alice Roberts18-year-old Sean's first summer after completing high school is much spent with 28-year-old...
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Separate Ways
as Pat IngramA wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a...
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Texas Detour
as Lady BartenderTeenagers' van gets stolen and while the local authorites refuse to help they decidet to take...
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Dr. Minx
as Harriet ThomasA small-town doctor (Edy Williams) becomes a suspect while probing her rich husband's mysterious...
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Kidnapped
as SecretaryA woman's sister is kidnapped on her 16th Birthday and forced into filming pornography. A...
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The Red Plain
as uncreditedWith Rezvan's death his nephew Betty comes to Iran from abroad to sell the lands she has...
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Farewell, Lebanon
as uncreditedThe film presents the topic of migration, cultural contrast and human alienation, through a...
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