Maria Rohm obit

Austrian Actress Maria Rohm Dies

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Born Helga Grohmann in Vienna, she started her acting career at the very young age, working at the famous Viennese Burgtheatre as a child actor from ages 4 through 13. She continued her theatrical work until the age of 18 when she auditioned for British film producer, Harry Alan Towers, whom she would later marry. Working with Towers she became famous for appearing in a number of films directed by Jesús Franco in the late 1960s, including Venus in Furs, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula.

Rohm remained married to Towers from 1964 until his death in 2009. She retired from acting in 1976, but continued to produce independent films.

Rohm died in Toronto on 18 June 2018 at 72. She had been hospitalized for paralysis in the legs after collapsing to the ground. The tests led to the discovery of acute leukemia and a tumor pressing against her spine (which caused the paralysis), although Rohm remained convinced that she was suffering from sciatica. Her condition rapidly deteriorated and she died a few days after entering the hospital.

 

Filmography

 

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1964    Teufel im Fleisch            Prostitute        

1964            Mozambique                Uncredited

1965            Twenty-Four Hours to Kill            Claudine         

1965    City of Fear     Maid   

1966    Our Man in Marrakesh            Woman in Carriage            Uncredited

1967    Five Golden Dragons            Ingrid  

1967    The Million Eyes of Sumuru Helga  

1967    The Vengeance of Fu Manchu            Ingrid  

1967    The House of 1,000 Dolls    Diane            Worked with Vincent Price

1968    Eve            Anne   

1968    The Blood of Fu Manchu            Ursula Wagner           

1968    99 Women            Marie  

1969    The Girl from Rio (aka Die sieben Männer der Sumuru)            Leslye 

1969            Marquis de Sade: Justine  Juliette 

1969    Venus in Furs  Wanda Reed   

1970            Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion            Madame Saint Ange    

1970    The Bloody Judge            Mary Gray    

1970    Count Dracula            Mina Murray

1970    Dorian Gray     Alice Campbell         

1971    Black Beauty  Anne Piggot  

1972    Sex Charade                       never released

1972            Treasure Island            Mrs. Hawkins            worked with Orson Welles

1972    Call of the Wild            Mercedes         worked with Charlton Heston

1974    And Then There Were None            Elsa Martino           

1975    The Killer is Not Alone   Teresa 

1975    Closed Up-Tight                     

1976    Blue Belle     Marie            (final film role)