Karin Dor

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{{Short description|German actress (1938–2017)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Karin Dor
| image = Karin Dor Topaz 1969 (cropped).png
| image_upright = 0.9
| caption = Dor in ''[[Topaz (1969 film)|Topaz]]'' (1969)
| birth_name = Kätherose Derr<ref name="Bergan"/>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|2|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Wiesbaden]], [[Nazi Germany]]
| death_date = {{death date and age |2017|11|6|1938|2|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Munich]], Germany
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1953–2017
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Harald Reinl]]|1954|1968|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Günther Schmucker|1972|1974|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[George Robotham]]|1988|2007|end=his death}}}}
| children = 1
}}

'''Karin Dor''' ({{IPA|de|ˈkaːʁiːn ˈdoːɐ̯|pron|De-Karin Dor.ogg}}; born '''Kätherose Derr'''; 22 February 1938 – 6 November 2017) was a German actress. She was famous to international audiences for her role as [[Bond girl]] Helga Brandt in the [[James Bond in film|James Bond film]] ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967) and her appearance in the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] thriller ''[[Topaz (1969 film)|Topaz]]'' (1969).

==Biography==
Dor was born in [[Wiesbaden]] on 22 February 1938. She starred in the [[James Bond]] movie ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967) and the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] movie ''[[Topaz (1969 film)|Topaz]]'' (1969).

She appeared in German movies adapted from the works of [[Films based on works by Edgar Wallace|Edgar Wallace]] (Krimis from Kriminalfilm) and [[Karl May film adaptations|Karl May]]. These two-film series were mainly directed by [[Harald Reinl]], her first husband.<ref name="Bergan">{{cite news|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/15/karin-dor-obituary|title=Karin Dor obituary|work=The Guardian|date=15 November 2017|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2008, she was in a Munich stage production, ''Man liebt nur dreimal'' ("You Only Love Thrice").<ref name="sz">{{cite news|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/900/307850/text|title=Das ewig süße Mädel|first=Petra|last=Hallmayer|language=de |newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]|date=17 May 2010}}</ref> In later years, she performed mainly stage roles but still appeared in some films.<ref name="hrobit"/>

She was married three times: her last marriage was to [[George Robotham]], an American [[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); the couple had a child. In 1954, the year of their marriage, Dor was 16 years old (born 1938), while Reinl was 46 (born 1908). {{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

==Accident and death==
[[File:Karin Dor.jpg|thumb|Dor at the 2015 [[Berlin Film Festival]]]]
In July 2016, while vacationing in [[South Tyrol]], Dor was knocked to the ground after being accidentally rammed by a woman with a pushchair.<ref>[https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/fb-instantarticles/girl-karin-dor-stirbt-mit-79-53797032.bild.html Karin Dor stirbt im Alter von 79 Jahren] ''[[Bild]]''. 8 November 2017.</ref> The backwards fall onto concrete resulted in a gashing 4-cm head wound that had to be stitched in hospital.<ref name="Lind">Lind, Benjamin (10 June 2017). [https://www.thebondbulletin.com/concerns-bond-girl-karin-dor/ Concerns about Bond-Girl Karin Dor]. ''The Bond Bulletin''.</ref> She lost her memory for the duration of an hour.<ref name="Lind"/>

According to Dor, the doctors detected neither a brain concussion nor an intracranial injury. Only during rehearsals for the theatre play ''[[Der Dressierte Mann]]'' weeks after her fall did doctors realize her injuries were more serious than previously thought, as she began suffering from headaches and was often tired.<ref name="Lind"/> Even months past the accident, the aftereffects were still present and Dor was not feeling up to her usual energetic self. Her attitude however remained positive and, despite her doctors advising against it, she continued working as an actress. Between October and November 2016, she appeared on stage every evening performing at the [[Komödie im Bayerischen Hof]] in Munich. By that time, she was already experiencing limited motor function in her right leg.<ref name="Lind" />

Suddenly, in January 2017, she relapsed. Her condition rapidly worsened in March 2017 and she was confined to a care home, where she ultimately died on 6 November, aged 79.<ref name="hrobit">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/karin-dor-dead-bond-girl-you-live-twice-was-79-1056194|title=Karin Dor, Bond Girl in 'You Only Live Twice', Dies at 79|first=Mike|last=Barnes|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=8 November 2017|issn=0018-3660}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://buzznews.co.uk/karin-dor-dead-bond-girl-passes-away-aged-79|title=Karin Dor dead: Bond Girl passes away aged 79|website=BuzzNews|date=8 November 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109025700/https://buzznews.co.uk/karin-dor-dead-bond-girl-passes-away-aged-79|archive-date=9 November 2017}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[The Last Waltz (1953 film)|The Last Waltz]]'' (1953) as Extra (uncredited)
* ''[[Roses from the South (1954 film)|Roses from the South]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Rose-Girl Resli]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Great Test]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Silent Angel]]'' (1954) as Erika
* ''Ihre große Prüfung'' (1955) as Elena Clausen
* ''[[As Long as You Live]]'' (1955) as Pepita
* ''[[Santa Lucia (film)|Santa Lucia]]'' (1956) as Manina
* ''Kleiner Mann – ganz groß'' (1957) as Meike Brauns
* ''[[The Twins from Zillertal]]'' (1957) as Daniela Kleemann
* ''[[Almenrausch and Edelweiss (1957 film)|Almenrausch and Edelweiss]]'' (1957) as Maresi Meier
* ''{{Ill|Mit Eva fing die Sünde an (film)|de|3=Mit Eva fing die Sünde an|lt=Mit Eva fing die Sünde an}}'' (1958) as Dinah
* ''Worüber man nicht spricht'' (1958) as Christa Riek
* ''[[Thirteen Old Donkeys]]'' (1958) as Monika
* ''{{ill|Skandal um Dodo|de}}'' (1959) as Helga, die Nichte
* ''[[The Blue Sea and You]]'' (1959) as Helga Heidebrink
* ''[[A Summer You Will Never Forget]]'' (1959) as Christine von Auffenberg
* ''[[That's No Way to Land a Man]]'' (1959) as Tessy
* ''[[The Terrible People (film)|The Terrible People]]'' (1960) as Nora Sanders
* ''[[The White Horse Inn (1960 film)|The White Horse Inn]]'' (1960) as Brigitte Giesecke
* ''[[The Green Archer (1961 film)|The Green Archer]]'' (1960) as Valerie Howett, geb Bellamy
* ''{{Ill|Pichler's Books Are Not in Order|de|Bei Pichler stimmt die Kasse nicht}}'' (1961) as Anneliese
* ''[[The Forger of London]]'' (1961) as Jane Clifton, geb. Leith
* ''Am Sonntag will mein Süsser mit mir segeln geh'n'' (1961) as Georgie Hagen, die Sprachstudentin
* ''{{Ill|Im schwarzen Rößl|de}}'' (1961) as Eva Lantz
* ''[[The Bellboy and the Playgirls]]'' (1962)
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|The Invisible Dr. Mabuse|de|3=Die unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse|lt=The Invisible Dr. Mabuse}}'' (1962) as Liane Martin
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|The Carpet of Horror|de|Der Teppich des Grauens (Film)}}'' (1962) as Ann Learner
* ''[[Treasure of the Silver Lake]]'' (1962) as Ellen Patterson
* ''[[The White Spider (1963 film)|The White Spider]]'' (1963) as Muriel Irvine
* ''[[The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle]]'' (1963) as Claridge Dorsett
* ''[[The Secret of the Black Widow]]'' (1963) as Clarisse
* ''[[Room 13 (1964 film)|Room 13]]'' (1964) as Denise
* ''[[Last of the Renegades]]'' (1964) as Ribanna
* ''[[Hotel der toten Gäste]]'' (1965) as Gilly Powell
* ''[[The Last Tomahawk]]'' (1965) as Cora Munroe
* ''[[The Face of Fu Manchu]]'' (1965) as Maria Muller
* ''[[The Desperado Trail]]'' (1965)
* ''[[I Knew Her Well]]'' (1965) as Barbara, the lady friend of Adriana
* ''[[The Sinister Monk]]'' (1965) as Gwendolin
* ''[[The Spy with Ten Faces]]'' (1966) as Helen Farheit
* ''[[Killer's Carnival]]'' (1966) as Denise (Rio segment)
* ''[[Target for Killing]]'' (1966) as Sandra Perkins
* ''[[Die Nibelungen (1966/1967 film)|Die Nibelungen]]'' (1966–1967, TV Series) as Brunhild
* ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967) as Helga Brandt / No.11
* ''[[The Blood Demon]]'' (1967) as Baroness Lilian von Brabant
* ''[[Darling Caroline (1968 film)|Darling Caroline]]'' (1968) as Isabelle de Loigny
* ''[[The Valley of Death (film)|The Valley of Death]]'' (1968) as Mabel Kingsley
* ''[[Topaz (1969 film)|Topaz]]'' (1969) as Juanita de Cordoba
* ''[[Los Monstruos del Terror]]'' (1970) as Maleva Kerstein
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Haie an Bord|de}}'' (1971) as Andrea Jacobs
* ''[[Only the Wind Knows the Answer]]'' (1974) as Nicole Monnier
* ''[[Warhead (film)|Warhead]]'' (1977) as Liora
* ''[[Women in Hospital]]'' (1977) as Claudias Mutter
* ''Dark Echo'' (1977) as Lisa Bruekner
* ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown|de|Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone}}'' (1987) as Jetty
* ''{{Ill|I Am the Other Woman|de|Ich bin die Andere (Film)}}'' (2006) as Frau Winter
* ''{{ill|The Misplaced World|de|3=Die abhandene Welt|lt=The Misplaced World}}'' (2015) as Rosa (final film role)
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==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:German film actresses]]
[[Category:German stage actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Wiesbaden]]
[[Category:20th-century German actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century German actresses]]
[[Category:Actors from Hesse-Nassau]]

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