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Maria Perschy

Actor • Born 1938

Maria Perschy

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About

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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...

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Hawaii Five-O posterHawaii Five-OSeries • 1969Paul Temple posterPaul TempleSeries • 1969Murders in the Rue Morgue posterMurders in the Rue MorgueMovie • 1971633 Squadron poster633 SquadronMovie • 1964Man's Favorite Sport? posterMan's Favorite Sport?Movie • 1964Freud: The Secret Passion posterFreud: The Secret PassionMovie • 1962Five Golden Dragons posterFive Golden DragonsMovie • 1967The Password Is Courage posterThe Password Is CourageMovie • 1962The People Who Own the Dark posterThe People Who Own the DarkMovie • 1976The Castle of Fu Manchu posterThe Castle of Fu ManchuMovie • 1969Hunchback of the Morgue posterHunchback of the MorgueMovie • 1973Exorcismo posterExorcismoMovie • 1975Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll posterBlue Eyes of the Broken DollMovie • 1974The Ghost Galleon posterThe Ghost GalleonMovie • 1974The Moralist posterThe MoralistMovie • 1959The Mad Executioners posterThe Mad ExecutionersMovie • 1963Natürlich die Autofahrer posterNatürlich die AutofahrerMovie • 1959