Maria Perschy
Actor
Biography
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Maria Perschy (September 23, 1938 – December 3, 2004) was an Austrian actress.
Perschy was born in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria and moved to Vienna at the age of 17 to study acting. After completing her education, she moved to Germany for more training, leading to a movie career. Her first major success came with Nasser Asphalt where she played together with Horst Buchholz. Her acting career would eventually take her — by way of France, Italy, and Great Britain — to Hollywood. Perschy played in a number of American films, her most notable roles being in the 1962 biopic Freud and the 1964 Rock Hudson comedy, Man's Favorite Sport?. Perschy's career in America eventually declined and by the late 1970s her only US appearances were brief roles in TV shows such as Hawaii Five-O and General Hospital.
While shooting in Spain in 1971, Perschy suffered a burn injury from an accident that required several operations before she could resume her career. Perschy returned to her native Austria in 1985 and continued to perform in a series of plays and TV series. On 3 December 2004, Austrian state broadcaster ORF reported that Maria Perschy had died of cancer in Vienna.
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Filmography
The Ghost Galleon
as Lillian Perry 1974
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Magda (uncredited) 1962
633 Squadron
as Hilde Bergman 1964
The Castle of Fu Manchu
as Marie 1969
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Genevre 1971
Hunchback of the Morgue
as Dr. Maria Meyer 1973
The Moralist
as Monique 1959
Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
as Ivette 1974
The People Who Own the Dark
as Lily 1976
The Password Is Courage
as Irena 1962
Natürlich die Autofahrer
as Karin Dobermann 1959
Exorcismo
as Patricia Gibson 1975
The Mad Executioners
as Ann Barry 1963
Five Golden Dragons
as Margret 1967
Love in Rome
as Eleonora Curtatoni 1960
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill
as Joan Smith 1966