Maria Perschy

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{{short description|Austrian actress (1938–2004)}}
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| birth_name = Herta-Maria Perschy
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|09|23}}
| birth_place = [[Eisenstadt]], Reichsgau Niederdonau, Nazi Germany (now [[Burgenland]], Austria)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2004|12|03|1938|09|23}}
| death_place = [[Vienna]], Austria
| nationality =
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
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| yearsactive = 1956–2000
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'''Herta-Maria Perschy''' (23 September 1938 – 3 December 2004) was an [[Austrians|Austrian]] actress whose career included performances on screen with actor [[Rock Hudson]] and on American television in both daytime and prime time.<ref>Johnson, Sabrina. "[http://www.wymondhamandattleboroughmercury.co.uk/what-s-on/regal-cinema-wymondham-ex-services-club-1-5447615 An afternoon of cinema commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force]". Diss, England. Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury, March 23, 2018.</ref>

== Early life ==
Perschy was born in [[Eisenstadt]], then part of [[Nazi Germany]], now in [[Burgenland]], Austria, and moved to [[Vienna]] at the age of 17 to study acting.

== Career ==
After completing her education, she moved to [[West Germany]] for more training, leading to a film 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 the [[UK|United Kingdom]] — to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]. Perschy played in a number of American films, her most notable roles being in the 1962 [[biopic]] ''[[Freud (film)|Freud]]'', the 1964 [[Rock Hudson]] comedy, ''[[Man's Favorite Sport?]]'', and the 1964 hit war movie ''[[633 Squadron]]''. 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 (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' and ''[[General Hospital]]''.

While shooting in [[Spain]] in 1971, Perschy suffered a burn injury from an accident that required several operations before she could resume her career. Perschy returned to her native Austria in 1985 and continued to perform in a series of plays and TV series.

In 1969, she filmed ''Castle of Fu Manchu'' with [[Christopher Lee]] and Richard Greene. When it aired on television in New York City four years later, ''The New York Times'' noted that the film would be "[w]ell worth viewing, if it's as sharp and fast as others in this new series".<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/14/archives/television-this-week-channel-information.html Television This Week]" (Channel 5, November 14, 3:00 p.m.). New York, New York: ''The New York Times'', November 14, 1976.</ref>

== Death ==
On 3 December 2004, Perschy died of cancer in Vienna.

== Selected filmography ==
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* ''Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe'' (1956)
* ''Roter Mohn'' (1956) - Extra (uncredited)
* ''[[Nasser Asphalt]]'' (1958) - Bettina
* ''Der schwarze Blitz'' (1958) - Gretl Mittermayr
* ''Die Landärztin'' (1958) - Afra
* ''[[Il moralista]]'' (1959) - Monique
* ''[[Of Course, the Motorists]]'' (1959) - Karin Dobermann
* ''[[Call Girls of Rome]]'' (1960) - Claudia
* ''[[The Hero of My Dreams]]'' (1960) - Franziska Kleinschmidt
* ''[[Love in Rome]]'' (1960) - Eleonora Curtatoni
* ''{{ill|Lebensborn (film)|de|3=Lebensborn (Film)|lt=Ordered to Love}}'' (1961) - Doris Korff
* ''Wenn beide schuldig werden'' (1962) - Josi
* ''[[Melody of Hate]]'' (1962) - Claudia / Martina
* ''[[The Password Is Courage]]'' (1962) - Irena
* ''[[Freud (film)|Freud]]'' (1962) - Magda (uncredited)
* ''The Mad Executioners'' (1963) - Ann Barry
* ''[[633 Squadron]]'' (1964) - Hilde Bergman
* ''[[Man's Favorite Sport?]]'' (1964) - Isolde 'Easy' Mueller
* ''[[Mystery of the Red Jungle]]'' (1964) - Claudia Laudon
* ''{{Ill|No Survivors, Please|de|Der Chef wünscht keine Zeugen}}'' (1964) - Ginny Desmond
* ''[[Secret of the Sphinx]]'' (1964) - Hélène Blomberg
* ''Extraconiugale'' (1964) - Eva (segment "La moglie svedese")
* ''[[The Bandits of the Rio Grande]]'' (1965) - Helen
* ''African Gold'' (1965) - Helena Hanson
* ''[[Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill]]'' (1966) - Joan Smith
* ''[[Seven Vengeful Women]]'' (1966) - Ursula
* ''[[The Desperate Ones]]'' (1967) - Marusia
* ''[[Five Golden Dragons]]'' (1967) - Margret
* ''[[A Witch Without a Broom]]'' (1967) - Mariana
* ''[[Spy Today, Die Tomorrow]]'' (1967) - Lu Forrester
* ''[[The Castle of Fu Manchu]]'' (1969) - Marie / Ingrid
* ''[[Dr. Fabian: Laughing Is the Best Medicine]]'' (1969) - Dr. Inge Vollmer
* ''El último día de la guerra'' (1970) - Elena Truppe
* ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'' (1971) - Genevre
* ''The Leo Chronicles'' (1972)
* ''Hunchback of the Morgue'' (1973) - Frieda
* ''El espectro del terror'' (1973) - María
* ''[[The Ghost Galleon]]'' (1974) - Lillian
* ''Los fríos senderos del crimen'' (1974) - Jane
* ''[[Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll]]'' (1974) - Ivette
* ''Dites-le avec des fleurs'' (1974) - La femme de Klaus
* ''La noche de la furia'' (1974) - Jill
* ''Exorcismo'' (1975) - Patricia
* ''La Diosa salvaje'' (1975) - Isabel von Marnix
* ''The Adolescents'' (1975) - Miss Stella Larsen
* ''My Husband Prefers Virgins'' (1975) - Luisa
* ''Las protegidas'' (1975) - Sra. de Aguirre
* ''El límite del amor'' (1976) - Madre Superiora
* ''[[The People Who Own the Dark]]'' (1976) - Lily
* ''Batida de raposas'' (1976) - Mercedes
* ''[[The Standard (film)|The Standard]]'' (1977) - Mordax
* ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' (1978, Episode: "Sleeper") - Sonya
* ''[[Les Morfalous]]'' (1984) - Pamela Windsor
* ''Harry and Harriet'' (1990) - Ruth Olsen
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Actors from Burgenland]]

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