- Selected filmography
- References
- External links and sources
{{BLP sources|date=May 2017}}{{Expand German|date=August 2010|Marianne Koch}}{{Infobox person
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| yearsactive = 1950–1971
| spouse = Gerhard Freund (1953–1973) (divorced) 2 children
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}}Marianne Koch (born August 19, 1931) is a retired German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in spaghetti westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician. Between 1950 and 1971, Koch appeared in more than 65 films. In the haunting 1954 espionage thriller Night People she starred alongside Gregory Peck. Sergio Leone's 1964 production A Fistful of Dollars showcased her alongside Clint Eastwood as a civilian tormented by ruthless local gangsters, torn between her husband and child and the villains. In Germany she was probably best-loved for her many years of participation in the highly popular TV game show Was bin ich? which ran from the 1950s until 1988 and achieved ratings of up to 75% at its peak. In 1971, she resumed the medical studies she had broken off in the early 1950s to become an actress.[1] She earned her MD in 1974 and practiced medicine until 1997 as a specialist in Munich. Also in 1974, she was one of the initial hosts of Germany's pioneering talk show 3 nach 9 (Three After Nine), for which she was awarded one of the most prestigious awards of the German television industry, the Grimme-Preis. She also hosted other television shows and, as of 2014, still has a medical advice program on radio. In 1953, she married the physician Gerhard Freund, with whom she has two sons. The marriage ended in 1973 after Freund began an affair with Miss World 1956, Petra Schürmann, whom he later wed. Selected filmography {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950) - Katja Hesse
- Czardas der Herzen (1951) - Reporterin
- Dr. Holl (1951) - Anna
- Geheimnis einer Ehe (1951) - Musi Camphausen
- My Friend the Thief (1951) - Resl
- The Chaste Libertine (1952) - Gerty Seibold
- Dark Clouds Over the Dachstein (1953) - Christl, die junge Magd
- Scandal at the Girls' School (1953) - Marina von Leithen
- The Monastery's Hunter (1953) - Gittli
- The Poacher (1953) - Ursula
- Love and Trumpets (1954) - Bettina von Brixen
- Night People (1954) - Kathy Gerhardt
- Hubertus Castle (1954) - Geislein
- Bruder Martin (1954) - Rosl
- Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) - Prinzessin Sophie
- Des Teufels General (1955) - Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
- Der Schmied von St. Bartholomae (1955)
- Königswalzer (1955) - Therese
- As Long as You Live (1955) - Teresa
- Zwei blaue Augen (1955) - Christiane Neubert
- The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz (1956) - Edith Danwitz - Mannequin
- If We All Were Angels (1956) - Elisabeth Kempenich
- Four Girls in Town (1957) - Ina Schiller
- Salzburger Geschichten (1957) - Konstanze
- Der Stern von Afrika (1957) - Brigitte
- Vater sein dagegen sehr (1957) - Margot Ventura geb. Sonnemann
- Interlude (1957) - Reni Fischer
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Der Fuchs von Paris|de}} (1957) - Yvonne
- The Italians They Are Crazy (1958) - Cristina
- … und nichts als die Wahrheit (1958) - Mingo Fabian
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Die Landärztin (film)|de|3=Die Landärztin (Film)|lt=Die Landärztin}} (1958) - Dr. Petra Jensen
- Frau im besten Mannesalter (1959) - Carola Hauff
- The Woman by the Dark Window (1960) - Luise Konradin
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Heldinnen|de}} (1960) - Minna von Barnhelm
- Mit Himbeergeist geht alles besser (1960) - Hilde von Hessenlohe
- Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) - Edwige
- Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit (1961) - Ingrid Hansen
- Napoléon II l'Aiglon (1961) - Kaiserin Marie Louise
- Die Fledermaus (1962) - Rosalinde
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Heißer Hafen Hongkong|de}} (1962) - Joan Kent
- Liebling, ich muß dich erschießen (1962) - Jeannine Messmer
- The Devil's Agent (1962) - Nora Gulden
- The Black Panther of Ratana (1963) - Dr. Marina Keller
- Death Drums Along the River (1963) - Dr. Inge Jung
- The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1964) - Elizabeth Kelly
- The Monster of London City (1964) - Ann Morlay
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964) - Marisol
- Der Fall X 701 (1964) - Dr. Helen Wieland
- Trunk to Cairo (1965) - Helga Schlieben
- Coast of Skeletons (1965) - Helga
- The Hell of Manitoba (1965) - Jade Grande
- Jessy Does Not Forgive... He Kills! (1965) - Anna-Lisa
- Wer kennt Johnny R.? (1966) - Bea Bordet
- Clint the Stranger (1967) - Julie Harrison
- Sandy the Seal (1968) - Karen Van Heerden (shot in 1965)
- The Unnaturals (1969) - Mrs. Vivian Taylor
- Reserl am Hofe (1984) - Erzählerin
{{div col end}}References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/sonntag/interview-mit-marianne-koch-zum-85-und-neben-mir-sitzt-ella-fitzgerald/14005406.html|publisher=Der Tagesspiegel|title=Ärztin aus Leidenschaft|author=Barbara Dürnberger}}
External links and sources - {{IMDb name|id=0462367}}
- {{tcmdb name|id=103966|name=Marianne Koch}}
- {{DNB portal|118724045|TYP=}}
- Photos of the shooting of the film "Solange du lebst"
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