Maria Perschy

Maria Perschy was born on Sep 23, 1938 in Austria. Maria Perschy's big-screen debut came with Wet Asphalt directed by Frank Wisbar in 1958. Maria Perschy is known for African Gold directed by David Millin, Darren McGavin stars as Mike Gregory and Maria Perschy as Helena Hanson. The upcoming new movie Maria Perschy plays is Harry and Harriet which will be released on Oct 01, 1992.

Gorgeous and appealing brunette knockout Herta-Maria Perschy was born on September 23, 1938, in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria. Maria moved to Vienna at age 17 to study acting at the prestigious Max Reinhardt Seminar. After finishing her education in Vienna, Perschy moved to Germany for further training and began her career acting in German comedies in the mid-'50s (her teacher, 'Suzi Nicoletta', helped Perschy get a contract at Bavaria Film Studios). She went on to act in an eclectic array of movies in such genres as drama, horror, Western and action/adventure, made in Europe and the US. Maria was usually cast in sexpot roles in her English-language films. She was nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Top Female New Face in 1964. In 1971 she suffered a burn injury while filming a movie in Spain; she underwent several operations and then resumed her career. In 1977 she moved to Los Angeles and was married to a writer, who committed suicide in 1983. In 1985 she moved back to her native Austria and continued to act in both plays and TV series.Maria Perschy died from cancer at age 66 on December 3, 2004; she was married twice and was survived by a daughter.