Maria Rohm
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Actress and film producer Vienna, Austria
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Maria Rohm (born Helga Grohmann, 13 August 1945 in Vienna, Austria - died 18 June 2018 in Toronto, Canada) was an Austrian actress and film producer. She acted on stage at Vienna's Burgtheatre as a child, and began her film career as an adult in the mid-1960s. Working with producer Harry Alan Towers, whom she married in 1964, she became known for her roles in films directed by Jesus Franco in the late 1960s, including Venus in Furs, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula. She retired from acting in 1976 and continued working as a producer. Note: some sources give her birth day as 12 August or 3 August 1945.
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Austrian actress and producer, muse of director Jesus Franco in the late 1960s.
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- Maria Rohm as a young woman in a light blouse, black and white — Acmodasi Original source
- Maria Rohm in a white fur stole and long gloves, colour film still — HSMedia Original source
- Maria Rohm in a fur jacket and long skirt, colour film still — Pinterest Original source
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At a glance
- Born
- Helga Grohmann, 13 August 1945, Vienna, Austria; died 18 June 2018, Toronto, Canada
- Career
- Burgtheatre child stage actor; adult film debut mid-1960s; Franco muse (Venus in Furs, The Bloody Judge, Count Dracula); retired from acting 1976, producer
- Country
- Austria
- Note
- Birth-day conflict: 13 August per Wikipedia vs 12 August / 3 August elsewhere
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