Marlene Schmidt
Actor · b. 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.
Movies14
Movie5.1CrimeHorrorA 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.
They're Playing with Fire
1984 · 51 votes
Movie4.5CrimeThriller18-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
The Teacher
1974 · 35 votes
Movie5.2HorrorA young woman investigates the seemingly accidental death of her father, revealing many unsettling secrets and putting her in mortal danger.
Mortuary
1982 · 90 votes
Movie4.1DramaReturning 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.
The Stepmother
1972 · 15 votes
Movie5.0HorrorThrillerA 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!
The Fifth Floor
1978 · 17 votes
Movie4.4ActionCrimeSeattle undercover narc Jackie Parker is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco.
Scorchy
1976 · 12 votes
Movie4.5DramaA wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair.
Separate Ways
1981 · 11 votes
MovieThe 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.
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Movie4.2ThrillerA 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.
Kidnapped
1988 · 10 votes
Movie4.7ActionThrillerJerry Bounds, an upright lawyer, must stand up against Pike Smith and his the water company's efforts to exploit a local lake.
The Specialist
1975 · 7 votes
Movie4.4ActionCrimeA trip across the United States takes a wrong turn when three California teenagers have their van stolen. Stranded in a backwoods town with the sheriff refusing to help, the trio decide to settle scores while getting justice.
Texas Detour
1978 · 9 votes
Movie4.0ComedyDramaA small-town doctor (Edy Williams) becomes a suspect while probing her rich husband's mysterious death.
Dr. Minx
1975 · 7 votes
Movie5.0With 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.