Marianne Koch (German: [ma.ËˆÊ i̯a.nÉ™ kÉ"x] (listen); born 19 August
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,
among them a number of international film productions. 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?, the
German adaption of the American TV show What's My Line, 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. She earned her Medical Doctor degree 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.Koch is the daughter of
Marie Aumüller and Rudolf Schindler. 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.
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,
among them a number of international film productions. 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?, the
German adaption of the American TV show What's My Line, 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. She earned her Medical Doctor degree 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.Koch is the daughter of
Marie Aumüller and Rudolf Schindler. 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.
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