Marika Rökk
Birthday: 1913-11-03 | Place of Birth: Cairo, EgyptMarika 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Freifrau von Boehme
as Therese Schöngruber
as Adele
as Ilonka Davarosch
as Ilona Farkas
as Carola Lorm
as Marion Müller/Marika Karoly
as Irene Wagner
as Juliska Varady
as Cornelia Feldmann
as Marika
as Julia Koestner
as Monika Koch
as Christine von Alvin
as Marie-Luise Pally
as Kora / Mara Terry
as Janine Pomme
as Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa
as Erika Hübner
as Revuestar Ita
as Sängerin Maria Seydlitz
as Rosika
as Mary
as Terike
