Marianne Koch facts for kids
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Marianne Koch
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Koch in 2018
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| Born | 19 August 1931 |
| Years active | 1950–1971 |
| Spouse(s) |
Gerhard Freund
(m. 1953; div. 1973) |
| Partner(s) | Peter Hamm (c. 1970s; d. 2019) |
| Children | 2 (with Freund) |
Marianne Koch (born August 19, 1931) is a German actress who is now retired. She is famous for her roles in adventure films and "Spaghetti Westerns" from the 1960s. Later in her life, she became a television host and a doctor.
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Marianne Koch's Acting Career
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Marianne Koch acted in over 65 movies between 1950 and 1971. She played many main characters in German films during the 1950s and 1960s.
Hollywood Films and Famous Roles
In 1954, she had a supporting role with Gregory Peck in the American thriller movie Night People. She also starred in other Hollywood films like Four Girls in Town and Interlude, both released in 1957.
One of her most well-known international roles was in the 1964 film A Fistful of Dollars. In this movie, she acted alongside Clint Eastwood. She played a character who was being troubled by mean local gangsters.
Television Work
In Germany, Marianne Koch was very popular for being a regular panelist on the TV game show Was bin ich?. This show was based on the American show What's My Line?. It was on TV from the 1950s until 1988 and was watched by a lot of people.
Marianne Koch's Medical Career
In 1971, Marianne Koch went back to studying medicine. She had started studying it in the early 1950s but stopped to become an actress.
Becoming a Doctor
By 1974, she had finished her medical degree. She then worked as a specialist doctor in internal medicine in Munich until 1997.
Hosting Medical Shows
Also in 1974, she became one of the first hosts of a new German talk show called 3 nach 9 (Three After Nine). She won an award called the Grimme-Preis for her work on this show. This is a very important award in German television. She also hosted other TV shows. As recently as 2014, she still had a radio program where she gave medical advice.
Marianne Koch's Personal Life
Marianne Koch's parents were Marie Aumüller and Rudolf Schindler.
In 1953, she married a doctor named Gerhard Freund. They had two sons together. Their marriage ended in 1973. Later, Marianne Koch started a relationship with the writer Peter Hamm. This relationship lasted from the mid-1970s until he passed away in 2019.
