Maria Perschy. IMDB.
Maria Perschy was born in 1938 in Austria. She made her movie debut in 1956. In 1962 she was featured in John Huston’s “Freud” with Montgomery Clift. The following year she was in Hollywood making “Man’s Favourite Sport” with Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss. She was also leading lady to Dirk Bogarde in “The Password is Courage” and to Cliff Robertson in “633 Squadron”. She then returned to Germany and resumed her career there. She died in 2004.
IMDB entry:
Gorgeous and appealing brunette knockout Herta-Maria Perschy was born on September 23, 1938, in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria. Maria moved to Vienna at age 17 to study acting at the prestigious Max Reinhardt Seminar. After finishing her education in Vienna, Perschy moved to Germany for further training and began her career acting in German comedies in the mid-’50s (her teacher, ‘Suzi Nicoletta’, helped Perschy get a contract at Bavaria Film Studios).
She went on to act in an eclectic array of movies in such genres as drama, horror, Western and action/adventure, made in Europe and the US. Maria was usually cast in sexpot roles in her English-language films. She was nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Top Female New Face in 1964. In 1971 she suffered a burn injury while filming a movie in Spain; she underwent several operations and then resumed her career.
In 1977 she moved to Los Angeles and was married to a writer, who committed suicide in 1983. In 1985 she moved back to her native Austria and continued to act in both plays and TV series.
Maria Perschy died from cancer at age 66 on December 3, 2004; she was married twice and was survived by a daughter.
– IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders (qv’s & corrections by A. Nony
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Maria Perschy. IMDB.
Maria Perschy was born in 1938 in Austria. She made her movie debut in 1956. In 1962 she was featured in John Huston’s “Freud” with Montgomery Clift. The following year she was in Hollywood making “Man’s Favourite Sport” with Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss. She was also leading lady to Dirk Bogarde in “The Password is Courage” and to Cliff Robertson in “633 Squadron”. She then returned to Germany and resumed her career there. She died in 2004.
IMDB entry:
Gorgeous and appealing brunette knockout Herta-Maria Perschy was born on September 23, 1938, in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria. Maria moved to Vienna at age 17 to study acting at the prestigious Max Reinhardt Seminar. After finishing her education in Vienna, Perschy moved to Germany for further training and began her career acting in German comedies in the mid-’50s (her teacher, ‘Suzi Nicoletta’, helped Perschy get a contract at Bavaria Film Studios). She went on to act in an eclectic array of movies in such genres as drama, horror, Western and action/adventure, made in Europe and the US. Maria was usually cast in sexpot roles in her English-language films. She was nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Top Female New Face in 1964. In 1971 she suffered a burn injury while filming a movie in Spain; she underwent several operations and then resumed her career. In 1977 she moved to Los Angeles and was married to a writer, who committed suicide in 1983. In 1985 she moved back to her native Austria and continued to act in both plays and TV series.
Maria Perschy died from cancer at age 66 on December 3, 2004; she was married twice and was survived by a daughter.
– IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders (qv’s & corrections by A. Nony
The above IMDB entry can also be accessed online here.