Marika Rökk
Born: 1913-11-03 in Cairo, Egypt
Died: 2004-05-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
Marika Rökk, born Marie Karoline Rökk, was a Hungarian dancer, singer and actress who gained prominence in German films in the Nazi era. In 1924 her family moved to Paris where she learned to dance and starred with the Hoffmann Girls at the Moulin Rouge cabaret. After a tour that led her to Broadway she continued her dance training in the United States. As an acclaimed revue dancer on numerous European stages, Rökk was selected as the ideal candidate to be groomed and promoted as this new type of star and in 1934 was offered a two-year contract with UFA, where she became one of the most prolific film stars of the time.
Filmography
2017
- Hitler's Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)
2001
- Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts as Self (archive Footage)
1994
1988
- Schloß Königswald as Freifrau von Boehme
1981
- Frauengeschichten as herself
1980
- Heut' abend as Self
- Die Gräfin vom Naschmarkt as Rozsi Sandor
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1975
- Musik ist Trumpf as Self
1973
- Acht nach 8 as Self
1972
- Die Schöngrubers as Therese Schöngruber
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1969
- Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten as Self
- TV Intim as Self
1968
- Seniorenclub as Self
- Der keusche Lebemann
1965
- Triumph Over Violence as Self (archive footage)
- So schön wie heut as Self
1964
- Vergißmeinnicht as Self
- Der goldene Schuß as Self
- Zwischenstation as Self
1963
- Blick zurück im Film as Self
1962
- Die Fledermaus as Adele
- Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies as Ilonka Davarosch
1961
- Hotel Victoria as Self
- Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder as Ilona Farkas
- Heute gehn wir bummeln as Marika Sabo
1959
- Stars in the Ring as Self
- Die Nacht vor der Premiere as Carola Lorm
1958
- Clear the stage for Marika as Marion Müller/Marika Karoly
1957
- At the Green Cockatoo by Night as Irene Wagner
1953
- The Divorcée as Gonda van der Loo
- Mask in Blue as Juliska Varady
1951
- German Film Award as Self
- The Csardas Princess as Sylva Varescu
- Sensation in San Remo as Cornelia Feldmann
1950
- Child of the Danube as Marika
1944
- The Woman of My Dreams as Julia Koestner
1942
- Hab’ mich lieb! as Monika Koch
1941
- Tanz mit dem Kaiser as Christine von Alvin
- Women Are Better Diplomats as Marie-Luise Pally
1940
- Request Concert
- Kora Terry as Kora / Mara Terry
1939
- Hallo Janine as Janine Pomme
- It Was a Gay Ballnight as Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa
- Wild Roses
1938
- A Night in May as Inge Fleming
1937
- Gasparone as Revuestar Ita
- Und du mein Schatz fährst mit as Sängerin Maria Seydlitz
- Carousel as Erika Hübner
1936
- The Beggar Student as Bronislawa Nowalska
- Hot Blood as Marika von Körössy
1935
- Leichte Kavallerie as Rosika
1933
- A Train of Ghosts as Mary
1932
- Kiss Me Darling! as Terike
1930
- Why Sailors Leave Home
- Kiss Me Sergeant as Dancer