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Marika Rökk

Acting · Born November 3, 1913 · Cairo, Egypt

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.

Movies with Marika Rökk

• Clear the stage for Marika (1958) — Marion Müller/Marika Karoly
• Wild Roses (1939)
• Kora Terry (1940) — Kora / Mara Terry
• Die Fledermaus (1962) — Adele
• Triumph Over Violence (1965) — Self (archive footage)
• The Csardas Princess (1951) — Sylva Varescu
• Sensation in San Remo (1951) — Cornelia Feldmann
• It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939) — Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa
• Hitler's Hollywood (2017) — Various Roles (archive footage)
• Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder (1961) — Ilona Farkas
• The Woman of My Dreams (1944) — Julia Koestner
• Women Are Better Diplomats (1941) — Marie-Luise Pally

TV shows with Marika Rökk

• Die Schöngrubers (1972) — Therese Schöngruber