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Karin Dor
Karin Dor
	Dor in Topaz (1969)
Born	Kätherose Derr; 22 February 1938; Wiesbaden, Nazi Germany
Died	6 November 2017 (aged 79); Munich, Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1953–2017
Spouses	Harald Reinl (m. 1954; div. 1968); Günther Schmucker (m. 1972; div. 1974); George Robotham (m. 1988; died 2007);
Children	1

Karin Dor (pronounced [ˈkaːʁiːn ˈdoːɐ̯] ^ⓘ; born Kätherose Derr; 22 February 1938 – 6 November 2017) was a German actress. She was famous to international audiences for her role as Bond girl Helga Brandt in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967) and her appearance in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Topaz (1969).

Biography

Dor was born in Wiesbaden on 22 February 1938. She starred in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967) and the Alfred Hitchcock movie Topaz (1969).

She appeared in German movies adapted from the works of Edgar Wallace (Krimis from Kriminalfilm) and Karl May. These two-film series were mainly directed by Harald Reinl, her first husband.^[1]

In 2008, she was in a Munich stage production, Man liebt nur dreimal ("You Only Love Thrice").^[2] In later years, she performed mainly stage roles but still appeared in some films.^[3]

She was married three times: her last marriage was to George Robotham, an American 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); the couple had a child. In 1954, the year of their marriage, Dor was 16 years old (born 1938), while Reinl was 46 (born 1908). ^{[citation needed]}

Accident and death

In July 2016, while vacationing in South Tyrol, Dor was knocked to the ground after being accidentally rammed by a woman with a stroller.^[4] The backwards fall onto concrete resulted in a gashing 4-cm head wound that had to be stitched in hospital.^[5] She lost her memory for the duration of an hour.^[5]

According to Dor, the doctors detected neither a brain concussion nor an intracranial injury. Only during rehearsals for the theatre play Der Dressierte Mann weeks after her fall did doctors realize her injuries were more serious than previously thought, as she began suffering from headaches and was often tired.^[5] Even months past the accident, the aftereffects were still present and Dor was not feeling up to her usual energetic self. Her attitude however remained positive and, despite her doctors advising against it, she continued working as an actress. Between October and November 2016, she appeared on stage every evening performing at the Komödie im Bayerischen Hof in Munich. By that time, she was already experiencing limited motor function in her right leg.^[5]

Suddenly, in January 2017, she relapsed. Her condition rapidly worsened in March 2017 and she was confined to a care home, where she ultimately died on 6 November, aged 79.^[3]^[6]

Selected filmography

The Last Waltz (1953) as Extra (uncredited)
Roses from the South (1954)
Rose-Girl Resli (1954)
The Great Test (1954)
The Silent Angel (1954) as Erika
Ihre große Prüfung (1955) as Elena Clausen
As Long as You Live (1955) as Pepita
Santa Lucia (1956) as Manina
Kleiner Mann – ganz groß (1957) as Meike Brauns
The Twins from Zillertal (1957) as Daniela Kleemann
Almenrausch and Edelweiss (1957) as Maresi Meier
Mit Eva fing die Sünde an [de] (1958) as Dinah
Worüber man nicht spricht (1958) as Christa Riek
Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958) as Monika
Skandal um Dodo [de] (1959) as Helga, die Nichte
The Blue Sea and You (1959) as Helga Heidebrink
A Summer You Will Never Forget (1959) as Christine von Auffenberg
That's No Way to Land a Man (1959) as Tessy
The Terrible People (1960) as Nora Sanders
The White Horse Inn (1960) as Brigitte Giesecke
The Green Archer (1960) as Valerie Howett, geb Bellamy
Pichler's Books Are Not in Order [de] (1961) as Anneliese
The Forger of London (1961) as Jane Clifton, geb. Leith
Am Sonntag will mein Süsser mit mir segeln geh'n (1961) as Georgie Hagen, die Sprachstudentin
Im schwarzen Rößl [de] (1961) as Eva Lantz
The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962)
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse [de] (1962) as Liane Martin
The Carpet of Horror [de] (1962) as Ann Learner
Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962) as Ellen Patterson
The White Spider (1963) as Muriel Irvine
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963) as Claridge Dorsett
The Secret of the Black Widow (1963) as Clarisse
Room 13 (1964) as Denise
Last of the Renegades (1964) as Ribanna
Hotel der toten Gäste (1965) as Gilly Powell
The Last Tomahawk (1965) as Cora Munroe
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) as Maria Muller
The Desperado Trail (1965)
I Knew Her Well (1965) as Barbara, the lady friend of Adriana
The Sinister Monk (1965) as Gwendolin
The Spy with Ten Faces (1966) as Helen Farheit
Killer's Carnival (1966) as Denise (Rio segment)
Target for Killing (1966) as Sandra Perkins
Die Nibelungen (1966–1967, TV Series) as Brunhild
You Only Live Twice (1967) as Helga Brandt / No.11
The Blood Demon (1967) as Baroness Lilian von Brabant
Darling Caroline (1968) as Isabelle de Loigny
The Valley of Death (1968) as Mabel Kingsley
Topaz (1969) as Juanita de Cordoba
Los Monstruos del Terror (1970) as Maleva Kerstein
Haie an Bord [de] (1971) as Andrea Jacobs
Only the Wind Knows the Answer (1974) as Nicole Monnier
Warhead (1977) as Liora
Women in Hospital (1977) as Claudias Mutter
Dark Echo (1977) as Lisa Bruekner
Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown [de] (1987) as Jetty
I Am the Other Woman [de] (2006) as Frau Winter
The Misplaced World [de] (2015) as Rosa (final film role)