Born in Breslau, Germany and raised in East Germany, where she earned a master's degree in engineering, in 1960, she and her family fled[3] to Stuttgart in West Germany, where she got a job as an electronics engineer. In 1961, she entered the state pageant of Baden-Württemberg in the hope of winning the car that was offered as prize. From there, she went on to represent her state in the national pageant in Baden-Baden, where she was crowned Miss Germany 1961. She then went on to win the Miss Universe pageant against 47 other participants. She was at that time the tenth consecutive German entrant to reach the semifinals of the event (then a record) and is the first (and to date only) German to be crowned Miss Universe.
In 1962, Schmidt became the third of eight wives of the American actor Ty Hardin. They settled in the United States. The marriage lasted until 1966. They had one daughter, Schmidt's only child.
She continued her engineering career for a while, and in 1967 was a technical consultant for Sier-Bath Gear Co, New Jersey.[2]
From 1972 to 1986, Schmidt was involved in the movie industry, where she acquired credits as actress, producer and writer in eleven productions. None of the films achieved particular merit for plot or other production values apart from generally offering a liberal dose of female nudity, albeit the 1972 skin-fest The Stepmother distinguished itself by receiving an Oscar nomination for its musical score.
Eventually Schmidt returned to Germany, where she lives in Saarbrücken.[4]
Filmographyedit
Marlene Schmidt was involved in the following movies as actress and producer:
marlene, schmidt, born, november, 1937, german, control, engineer, actress, host, beauty, queen, miss, universe, 1961, 1965, asme, awardborn, 1937, november, 1937, breslau, germanyheight5, beauty, pageant, titleholdertitlemiss, germany, 1961miss, universe, 196. Marlene Schmidt born 11 November 1937 is a German control engineer 2 actress tv host and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1961 Marlene Schmidt1965 ASME awardBorn 1937 11 11 11 November 1937 age 86 Breslau GermanyHeight5 ft 8 in 1 73 m 1 Beauty pageant titleholderTitleMiss Germany 1961Miss Universe 1961Majorcompetition s Miss Germany 1961 Winner Miss Universe 1961 Winner Contents 1 Life 2 Filmography 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksLife editBorn in Breslau Germany and raised in East Germany where she earned a master s degree in engineering in 1960 she and her family fled 3 to Stuttgart in West Germany where she got a job as an electronics engineer In 1961 she entered the state pageant of Baden Wurttemberg in the hope of winning the car that was offered as prize From there she went on to represent her state in the national pageant in Baden Baden where she was crowned Miss Germany 1961 She then went on to win the Miss Universe pageant against 47 other participants She was at that time the tenth consecutive German entrant to reach the semifinals of the event then a record and is the first and to date only German to be crowned Miss Universe In 1962 Schmidt became the third of eight wives of the American actor Ty Hardin They settled in the United States The marriage lasted until 1966 They had one daughter Schmidt s only child She continued her engineering career for a while and in 1967 was a technical consultant for Sier Bath Gear Co New Jersey 2 From 1972 to 1986 Schmidt was involved in the movie industry where she acquired credits as actress producer and writer in eleven productions None of the films achieved particular merit for plot or other production values apart from generally offering a liberal dose of female nudity albeit the 1972 skin fest The Stepmother distinguished itself by receiving an Oscar nomination for its musical score Eventually Schmidt returned to Germany where she lives in Saarbrucken 4 Filmography editMarlene Schmidt was involved in the following movies as actress and producer 1972 The Stepmother 1974 The Teacher 1975 The Specialist 1975 Dr Minx 1976 Scorchy 1978 Texas Detour 1978 The Fifth Floor 1981 Separate Ways 1983 Mortuary 1984 They re Playing with Fire 1986 Kidnapped actress and producer additional writing creditReferences edit Willowy Silver Blonde German Reigns As New Miss Universe The Sumter Daily Item 1961 07 17 a b Popper Herbert What you should know about women engineers Chemical Engineering American Institute of Chemical Engineers 165 172 Marlene Schmidt Biography IMDB Retrieved 28 July 2022 Official Miss Germany Website Archived 2008 02 15 at the Wayback Machine German Further reading editVeit Didczuneit Dirk Kulow Miss Germany Die deutsche Schonheitskonigin S amp L MedienContor Hamburg 1998 ISBN 3 931962 94 6External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Marlene Schmidt Marlene Schmidt at IMDb Article in Der Spiegel 2001 German Awards and achievements Preceded by nbsp Linda Bement Miss Universe1961 Succeeded by nbsp Norma Nolan nbsp This article about a German actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biography article about a European contestant in a beauty pageant is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marlene Schmidt amp oldid 1208557146, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
