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Karin Dor

Karin Dor

Actor·1938–2017·Wiesbaden, Germany

11 horror credits

Karin Dor (born February 22, 1938, Wiesbaden, Germany) was a German actress who became popular in the 1960s playing heroines in Edgar Wallace and Karl May movies. She starred in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and the Alfred Hitchcock movie Topaz.

Dor was born as Kätherose Derr. She was married to George Robotham, a U.S. 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); she had a child by that marriage.

In 2008 she was back on stage again in Munich in Man lebt nur dreimal ("You Only Live Thrice").

Actor11 films

Dark Echoes

Dark Echoes

Lisa Bruekner

1977
Assignment Terror

Assignment Terror

Maleva Kerstein

1970
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

Baroness Lilian von Brabant

1967
The Sinister Monk

The Sinister Monk

Gwendolin

1965
The Face of Fu Manchu

The Face of Fu Manchu

Maria Muller Janssen

1965
Room 13

Room 13

Denise

1964
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle

Claridge Dorsett

1963
The White Spider

The White Spider

Muriel Irvine

1963
The Carpet of Horror

The Carpet of Horror

Ann Learner

1962
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse

Liane Martin

1962
The Terrible People

The Terrible People

Nora Sanders

1960 3.0