Maria Rohm

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title: "Maria Rohm" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1945-births", "2018-deaths", "austrian-film-actresses", "austrian-film-producers", "austrian-women-film-producers", "actresses-from-vienna", "20th-century-austrian-actresses"] description: "Austrian actress (1945–2018)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Rohm" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Austrian actress (1945–2018) ::

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Field	Value
name	Maria Rohm
image	Maria Rohm.jpg
birth_name	Helga Grohmann
birth_date
birth_place	Vienna, Austria
death_date
death_place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
occupation	Actress, film producer
spouse
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| name = Maria Rohm | image = Maria Rohm.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Helga Grohmann | birth_date = | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | death_date = | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Actress, film producer | spouse =

Maria Rohm (13 August 1945 – 18 June 2018) was an Austrian actress and producer.

Born Helga Grohmann in Vienna, she started her acting career at the very young age, working at the famous Viennese Burgtheatre as a child actor from ages 4 through 13. She continued her theatrical work until the age of 18 when she auditioned for British film producer, Harry Alan Towers, whom she would later marry. Working with Towers she became famous for appearing in a number of films directed by Jesús Franco in the late 1960s, including Venus in Furs, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula.

Personal life

Rohm remained married to Towers from 1964 until his death in 2009. She retired from acting in 1976, but continued to produce independent films.

Death

Rohm died in Toronto on 18 June 2018 at 72. She had been hospitalized for paralysis in the legs after collapsing to the ground. The tests led to the discovery of acute leukemia and a tumor pressing against her spine (which caused the paralysis), although Rohm remained convinced that she was suffering from sciatica. Her condition rapidly deteriorated and she died a few days after entering the hospital.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Teufel im Fleisch	Prostitute
1964	Mozambique		Uncredited
1965	Twenty-Four Hours to Kill	Claudine
1965	City of Fear	Maid
1966	Our Man in Marrakesh	Woman in Carriage	Uncredited
1967	Five Golden Dragons	Ingrid
1967	The Million Eyes of Sumuru	Helga
1967	The Vengeance of Fu Manchu	Ingrid
1967	The House of 1,000 Dolls	Diane	Worked with Vincent Price
1968	Eve	Anne
1968	The Blood of Fu Manchu	Ursula Wagner
1968	99 Women	Marie
1969	The Girl from Rio (aka Die sieben Männer der Sumuru)	Leslye
1969	Marquis de Sade: Justine	Juliette
1969	Venus in Furs	Wanda Reed
1970	Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion	Madame Saint Ange
1970	The Bloody Judge	Mary Gray
1970	Count Dracula	Mina Murray
1970	Dorian Gray	Alice Campbell
1971	Black Beauty	Anne Piggot
1972	Sex Charade		never released
1972	Treasure Island	Mrs. Hawkins	worked with Orson Welles
1972	Call of the Wild	Mercedes	worked with Charlton Heston
1974	And Then There Were None	Elsa Martino
1975	The Killer is Not Alone	Teresa
1975	Closed Up-Tight
1976	Blue Belle	Marie	(final film role)
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References

References

1. Greenspun, Roger. (25 November 1971). "Black Beauty (1971)". The New York Times.
2. [https://www.spettacolo.eu/morta-attrice-maria-rohm/ Addio all’attrice Maria Rohm, bionda musa erotica di Jesus Franco - Spettacolo.eu]

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