Marlene Schmidt
Biography: 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 06, 1934
Deathday: N/A
Popularity:
Known For
Farewell, Lebanon
1968-09-09
Farewell, Lebanon
Overview: The film presents the topic of migration, cultural contrast and human alienation, through a group of young people who are forced to migrate, facing severe social pressures and having difficulty in adapting to their new environments.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1968-09-09
Popularity:
The Teacher
1974-05-29
The Teacher
Overview: 18-year-old Sean's first summer after completing high school is much spent with 28-year-old teacher Diane, who's husband is too often motorcycle-racing instead of with her. Wacko Ralph also has "the hots" for Diane; and it doesn't help that Sean was with Ralph's younger brother, Lou, when Lou died
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-29
Popularity:
The Stepmother
1972-10-26
The Stepmother
Overview: Returning home from a business trip, an architect assumes that a client is having an affair with his wife and murders the man. His feelings of guilt and attempts to conceal the crime lead to more complications and death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-26
Popularity:
Dr. Minx
1975-11-01
Dr. Minx
Overview: A small-town doctor (Edy Williams) becomes a suspect while probing her rich husband's mysterious death.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-01
Popularity:
The Red Plain
1968-05-05
The Red Plain
Overview: With Rezvan's death his nephew Betty comes to Iran from abroad to sell the lands she has inherited from him. Fahim wants the lands for himself but Bahram is preventing him. This put them to confront each other while Betty too falls in love with Bahram.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1968-05-05
Popularity:
Destiny
1968-01-01
Destiny
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1968-01-01
Popularity:
Kidnapped
1988-06-09
Kidnapped
Overview: A woman's sister is kidnapped on her 16th Birthday and forced into filming pornography. A policeman helps the woman rescue her teenage sister from the pornographers.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-09
Popularity:
The Fifth Floor
1978-11-15
The Fifth Floor
Overview: A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfriend and doctor have her committed to the Fifth Floor, an asylum with obviously crazy inmates and a predatory orderly. The problem is, she's still sane!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-15
Popularity:
Separate Ways
1981-05-01
Separate Ways
Overview: A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-01
Popularity:
Texas Detour
1978-06-06
Texas Detour
Overview: Teenagers' van gets stolen and while the local authorites refuse to help they decidet to take manners to their own hands.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-06
Popularity:
Mortuary
1982-05-07
Mortuary
Overview: Christie Parson has constant nightmares of her father's death whom died in a swimming pool. Christie's mother thinks it was an accident, but Christie believes it was murder. Christie then sees an unknown figure dressed in a cape following her and harassing her. But still nobody believes her, until her boyfriend sees the figure himself. The figure hides in the town mortuary which is owned by Hank Andrews and his demented son, Paul. Both are trying to form rituals to bring back Dr. Parson's spirit. But, who is this figure and why is he harassing Christie?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-07
Popularity:
They're Playing with Fire
1984-04-01
They're Playing with Fire
Overview: A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-01
Popularity: