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Karin Dor

Actor

Karin Dor

Born February 22, 1938 in Wiesbaden, GermanyDied November 6, 201767 films

Karin Dor (born February 22, 1938, Wiesbaden, Germany) was a German actress who became popular in the 1960s playing heroines in Edgar Wallace and Karl May movies. She starred in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and the Alfred Hitchcock movie Topaz.

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Dor was born as Kätherose Derr. She was married to George Robotham, a U.S. stunt-director, from 1988 until his death in 2007. The couple lived in Los Angeles and Munich. Her previous marriage was to Harald Reinl (1954–68); she had a child by that marriage.

In 2008 she was back on stage again in Munich in Man lebt nur dreimal ("You Only Live Thrice").

She died in Munich on 6 November 2017.

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I Knew Her Well posterFirst watchI Knew Her Well19657.5as BarbaraA young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.View film

Essential films

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You Only Live Twice poster6.6You Only Live Twice1967Topaz poster6.0Topaz1969Treasure of Silver Lake poster7.1Treasure of Silver Lake1962The Desperado Trail poster6.9The Desperado Trail1965Last of the Renegades poster6.7Last of the Renegades1964The Valley of Death poster6.5The Valley of Death1968The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism poster6.4The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism1967The Face of Fu Manchu poster6.2The Face of Fu Manchu1965

Filmography

67 films as actor
  1. 2015The Misplaced WorldRosa
  2. 2011Rosamunde Pilcher: HerzensfragenLady Claire Sherberton
  3. 2006I Am the Other WomanFrau Winter
  4. 2000Rosamunde Pilcher: Ruf der VergangenheitEmily Stockton
  5. 1998Rosamunde Pilcher: Der Preis der LiebeDaisy
  6. 1994Mein Freund, der LipizzanerLouise
  7. 1987Johann Strauss: The King Without a CrownJetty
  8. 1985GipfeltreffenNadine
  9. 1983Der Lord und das Kätzchen
  10. 1977Four Against The Desert
  11. 1977Women in HospitalFrau Schumann
  12. 1977WarheadLiora
  13. 1977Dark EchoesLisa Bruekner
  14. 1974Only the Wind Knows the AnswerNicole Monnier
  15. 1974Hochzeitsnacht im ParadiesRegine Mangold
  16. 1971Haie an BordAndrea Jacobs
  17. 1970Assignment TerrorMaleva Kerstein
  18. 1969TopazJuanita de Córdoba
  19. 1968The Valley of DeathMabel Kingsley
  20. 1968Dear CarolineIsabelle de Loigny
  21. 1967The Torture Chamber of Dr. SadismBaroness Lilian von Brabant
  22. 1967You Only Live TwiceHelga Brandt
  23. 1967Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2Brunhild
  24. 1966Whom the Gods Wish to DestroyBrunhild
  25. 1966Target for KillingSandra Perkins
  26. 1966Where Are You Taking That WomanDenise (Rio segment)
  27. 1966The Spy with Ten FacesHelen Farheit
  28. 1965The Sinister MonkGwendolin
  29. 1965I Knew Her WellBarbara
  30. 1965The Desperado Trail(uncredited)
  31. 1965The Face of Fu ManchuMaria Muller Janssen
  32. 1965The Last TomahawkCora Munroe
  33. 1965Hotel der toten GästeGilly Powell
  34. 1964Last of the RenegadesRibanna
  35. 1964Room 13Denise
  36. 1963The Secret of the Black WidowClarisse
  37. 1963The Strangler of Blackmoor CastleClaridge Dorsett
  38. 1963The White SpiderMuriel Irvine
  39. 1962Treasure of Silver LakeEllen Pattersson
  40. 1962Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins BettBarbara Holstein
  41. 1962The Carpet of HorrorAnn Learner
  42. 1962The Invisible Dr. MabuseLiane Martin
  43. 1962The Bellboy and the Playgirls
  44. 1961Im schwarzen RösslEva Lantz
  45. 1961My Sweetheart Wants to Go Sailing on SundayGeorgie Hagen, die Sprachstudentin
  46. 1961So angelt man keinen MannTessy
  47. 1961The Forger of LondonJane Clifton
  48. 1961Bei Pichler stimmt die Kasse nichtAnneliese
  49. 1961The Green ArcherValerie Howett Bellamy
  50. 1960The White Horse InnBrigitte Giesecke
  51. 1960The Terrible PeopleNora Sanders
  52. 1959Ein Sommer, den man nie vergißtChristine von Auffenberg
  53. 1959Das blaue Meer und DuHelga Heidebrink
  54. 1959Skandal um DodoHelga
  55. 195813 Little Donkeys and the Sun CourtMonika
  56. 1958Worüber man nicht sprichtChrista Riek
  57. 1958Sin Began with EveDinah
  58. 1957Almenrausch und EdelweißMaresi Meier
  59. 1957Die Zwillinge vom ZillertalDaniela Kleemann
  60. 1957Kleiner Mann - ganz großMeike Brauns
  61. 1956Santa LuciaManina
  62. 1955As Long as You LivePepita
  63. 1954Ihre große PrüfungElena Clausen
  64. 1954Der schweigende EngelErika
  65. 1954Rosen-ResliBeschäftigte im Hutladen
  66. 1954Rosen aus dem Süden
  67. 1953The Last WaltzExtra (uncredited)