Marika Rökk

Biography

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.

Filmografi

Die Fledermaus1962 · AdeleKora Terry1940 · Kora / Mara TerryWild Roses1939 · Fregola1948 · FregolaThe Csardas Princess1951 · Sylva VarescuHochzeitsnacht im Paradies1962 · Ilonka DavaroschTriumph Over Violence1965 · Self (archive footage)Der keusche Lebemann1968 · A Night in May1938 · Inge FlemingSo schön wie heut1965 · SelfIt Was a Gay Ballnight1939 · Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna JarowaThe Divorcée1953 · Gonda van der LooWomen Are Better Diplomats1941 · Marie-Luise PallyWhy Sailors Leave Home1930 · Hallo Janine1939 · Janine PommeHitler's Hollywood2017 · Various Roles (archive footage)Request Concert1940 · Sensation in San Remo1951 · Cornelia FeldmannThe Woman of My Dreams1944 · Julia KoestnerClear the stage for Marika1958 · Marion Müller/Marika KarolyMein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder1961 · Ilona FarkasAt the Green Cockatoo by Night1957 · Irene WagnerKiss Me Darling!1932 · TerikeDie Nacht vor der Premiere1959 · Carola Lorm