Marika Rökk

Marika Rökk was born on Nov 03, 1913 in Egypt. Marika Rökk's big-screen debut came with Why Sailors Leave Home directed by Monty Banks in 1930. Marika Rökk is known for Light Cavalry directed by Werner Hochbaum, Marika Rökk stars as Rosika and Heinz von Cleve as Stallburschen Geza von Rakos. Marika Rökk has got 6 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Marika Rökk achieved is Bambi Awards. The upcoming new movie Marika Rökk plays is The Good Liar which will be released on Nov 15, 2019.

Marika Rokk was born in Cairo on the 3rd of November 1913. As a child she moved to Hungary. In Paris at the Moulin Rouge she started her career as a dancer, soon moving on to Broadway New York City, USA.She made her first films Why Sailors Leave Home (1930) in London, & also Kiss Me Sergeant (1930) in London, U.K.After that she made 2 very fine films in Hungary, her home.Miss Rokk made her first German film: Leichte Kavallerie (1935) in 1935 it made her a Star overnight. Soon she married German Film Director 'Georg Jacoby' and her 2nd German film was L'étudiant-mendiant (1936), directed by him.In 1939 she made Pages immortelles (1939) with superstar Zarah Leander and started filming the first German color film La belle diplomate (1941) which was finished and released two years later.The couple had one child, Gabriele Jacoby. Miss Rökk also married 'Fred Raul'. She retired from films in the 1960s but continued to perform in Operetta's like "Die Blume von Hawaii" & others on the stage across Europe before retiring to Baden, Austria. She died of a heart attack May 16, 2004.