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.
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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Karin Dor Biography / Wiki
| Name | Karin Dor |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Wiesbaden, Germany |
| Date of Birth | 1938-02-22 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 79 |
| Deathday | 2017-11-06 |
Karin Dor Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle | Claridge Dorsett | 1963-06-20 | A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an “M” onto their foreheads before he decapitates them…. |
| Im schwarzen Rössl | Eva Lantz | 1961-12-22 | … |
| Dark Echoes | Lisa Bruekner | 1985-06-30 | The zombie ghost of a sunken excursion boat captain haunts an Austrian lake in search of vengeance against those who caused the accident…. |
| Assignment Terror | Maleva Kerstein | 1970-02-24 | Aliens from a dying world plot to conquer earth by praying on man’s superstitions. Bringing two dead scientists (Michael Rennie and Karin Dor) back to… |
| The Face of Fu Manchu | Maria Muller Janssen | 1965-08-06 | Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though… |
| The Terrible People | Nora Sanders | 1960-08-25 | A creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man who returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die!… |
| Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy | Brunhild | 1966-12-13 | A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy…. |
| The Green Archer | Valerie Howett Bellamy | 1961-02-02 | The country estate of American emigre Abel Bellamy (Gerd Fröbe, in fine intimidating form) is haunted by the ghost of the Green Archer, a 14th centur… |
| The Forger of London | Jane Clifton | 1961-08-15 | A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may–or may not–have amnesia…. |
| The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | Baroness Lilian von Brabant | 1967-10-05 | In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes b… |
| Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett | Barbara Holstein | 1962-10-19 | … |
| The Invisible Dr. Mabuse | Liane Martin | 1962-03-30 | Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be hunted by an invisible admirer. When the body of a probable FBI agent is found … |
| Room 13 | Denise | 1964-02-20 | A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer… |
| Hotel der toten Gäste | Gilly Powell | 1965-03-26 | … |
| Target for Killing | Sandra Perkins | 1966-09-29 | A secret agent is charged with preventing a crime syndicate’s plot to assassinate a young heiress…. |
| Almenrausch und Edelweiß | Maresi Meier | 1957-12-20 | … |
| The Secret of the Black Widow | Clarisse | 1963-11-28 | Someone is killing people related to a South American expedition. The means of murder are poison darts with rubber spiders attached to them. A writer … |
| Das blaue Meer und Du | Helga Heidebrink | 1959-10-14 | … |
| The Carpet of Horror | Ann Learner | 1962-07-31 | An evil genius uses poison gas to avenge himself on his enemies…. |
| The White Spider | Muriel Irvine | 1963-04-05 | After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife’s only able to confirm the corpse’s identity by his talisman… |
| The Spy with Ten Faces | Helen Farheit | 1966-02-24 | Paul Hubsschmid is Paul Finney aka Upperseven, master of disguise. He’s out to stop a diamond smuggling operation which fronts for a missile building … |
| So angelt man keinen Mann | Tessy | 1961-09-27 | … |
| Haie an Bord | Andrea Jacobs | 1971-04-14 | … |
| Skandal um Dodo | Helga | 1959-01-15 | … |
| Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies | Regine Mangold | 1974-10-23 | … |
| Der Lord und das Kätzchen | 1983-01-01 | … | |
| Warhead | Liora | 1977-02-15 | A weapons expert is reluctantly sent on a mission to a middle-east warzone to locate a lost nuclear warhead and dismantle it before it falls into the … |
| In the Valley of Death | Mabel Kingsley | 1968-12-12 | Mabel Kingsley arrives at a western town to clear her missing father of the charge that he stole a shipment of government gold. A frontiersman known a… |
| Only the Wind Knows the Answer | Nicole Monnier | 1974-11-20 | The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote … |
| Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2 | Brunhild | 1967-12-16 | Now Brunhild knows by which treason she was won for king Gunther of Burgund by Siegfried of Xanthen, and has been revenged by his foul murder by Hagen… |
| Rosamunde Pilcher: Herzensfragen | Lady Claire Sherberton | 2011-01-02 | The lieutenant Fraser is expelled from the army for saving the honor of his Superior. Since this gratefulness uses him as chauffeur in his familiar ma… |
| Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown | Jetty | 1987-03-20 | A biopic about Austrian composer Johann Strauß…. |
| Little Man on Top | Meike Brauns | 1957-02-12 | His grandpa gives the orphan boy Robbie a foal that they call “little brother”. The boy loves the animal and wants to train it as a racing horse – but… |
| Bei Pichler stimmt die Kasse nicht | Anneliese | 1961-05-18 | … |
| 13 Little Donkeys and the Sun Court | Monika | 1958-10-31 | … |
| The Last Tomahawk | Cora Munroe | 1965-04-17 | As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their c… |
| As Long as You Live | Pepita | 1955-10-13 | Amidst the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, a nurse tends to a wounded pilot…. |
| Ein Sommer, den man nie vergißt | Christine von Auffenberg | 1959-12-18 | … |
| Mein Freund, der Lipizzaner | Louise | 1994-04-15 | … |
| Ihre große Prüfung | Elena Clausen | 1954-12-20 | … |
| Mit Eva fing die Sünde an | Dinah | 1958-08-14 | … |
| Santa Lucia | Manina | 1956-08-19 | … |
| Worüber man nicht spricht | Christa Riek | 1958-09-18 | … |
| Women in Hospital | Frau Schumann | 1977-04-07 | Schuman and Oberhoff are successful hospital doctors who treat pregnant women. However, their personal lives are a mess. Schuman has to deal with his … |
| Dear Caroline | Isabelle de Loigny | 1968-03-22 | Against the backdrop of the French revolution, young Caroline tries to reunite with her first love, despite her arranged marriage to an older politici… |
| Gipfeltreffen | Nadine | 1985-06-22 | … |
| Rosamunde Pilcher: Der Preis der Liebe | Daisy | 1998-02-15 | … |
| German Grusel | Herself | 2012-11-16 | A documentary directed by Oliver Schwehm…. |
| The Bellboy and the Playgirls | 1962-02-12 | The bellboy aspires to be a private eye and is reading a book to learn the trade. The ‘suspicious’ activities of women in the hotel give him a chance … | |
| Topaz | Juanita de Córdoba | 1969-12-17 | Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and… |
| Winnetou: The Red Gentleman | Ribanna | 1964-09-17 | Forester, a ruthless oil baron, wants to create a war between the native American tribes and the white men. Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and their sideki… |
| I Am the Other Woman | Frau Winter | 2006-02-08 | Successful architect Robert has a one-night stand with a mysterious lady in red. The next day they meet again, but Carolin is now a corporate lawyer w… |
| The Treasure of the Silver Lake | Ellen Pattersson | 1962-12-12 | Fred Engel’s father is murdered by Colonel Brinkley in order to acquire a treasure map, however the Colonel only acquires half of it, the other half a… |
| The Sinister Monk | Gwendolin | 1965-12-17 | A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims–he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more … |
| The White Horse Inn | Brigitte Giesecke | 1960-12-20 | Leopold, head waiter at the “Weißen Rössl” (White Horse Inn), is secretly in love with the beautiful waitress Josepha. But she’s only interested in … |
| Where Are You Taking That Woman | Denise (Rio segment) | 1966-07-28 | A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist’s home, and the doctor tells him three stories, to convince him that crime does no… |
| Rosamunde Pilcher: Ruf der Vergangenheit | Emily Stockton | 2000-11-12 | … |
| Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal | Daniela Kleemann | 1957-09-26 | … |
| You Only Live Twice | Helga Brandt | 1967-06-13 | A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the c… |
| Inside ‘You Only Live Twice’ | 2000-01-01 | A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice”… | |
| Am Sonntag will mein Süßer mit mir segeln gehn | Georgie Hagen, die Sprachstudentin | 1961-10-12 | Albert and Corinna begin a camping site in their backyard and soon welcome a bunch of eccentric, love lost holiday goers…. |
| Der schweigende Engel | Erika | 1954-10-20 | … |
| I Knew Her Well | Barbara | 1965-12-01 | A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star…. |
| The Misplaced World | Rosa | 2015-05-07 | By chance Paul Kromberger discovers on the internet a photograph of the US opera diva Caterina Fabiani who is the spitting image of Evelyn, his dead w… |
| Rosen-Resli | Beschäftigte im Hutladen | 1954-05-04 | … |
| Rosen aus dem Süden | 1954-01-01 | … | |
| The Desperado Trail | 1965-10-14 | Rollins’ gang wants to grab land by inciting the settlers in a war against the Indians but Winnetou and Old Shatterhand try to keep the peace, until R… | |
| Inside ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ | 2000-01-01 | A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film “Diamonds are Forever”… | |
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