Margit Saad (born 30 May 1929) is a German actress who has worked largely in German film and television, with occasional English language appearances.

Biography

She was born in

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, the daughter of a Lebanese linguist father and a German language teaching mother from

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. She made her screen debut in '' Eva erbt das Paradies''. In 1960 she starred in the British drama film '' The Criminal'' and followed it up with appearances in other British films and television programmes such as '' The Rebel'' (US ''Call Me Genius'', 1961) with

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, '' Playback'' (1962), an entry in the ''

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'' series of second features, ''The Saint'' in ''The Saint Sees It Through'' (1964) and ''

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'' (1967) supporting

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.Margit Saad
at the

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's Film and TV DataBase Saad appeared in an early 1966 episode of the American television espionage series ''

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''. It was edited together with three other episodes later in 1966 to create the American theatrical film ''I Deal in Danger'', which includes her appearance.

Selected filmography

* '' Behind Monastery Walls (1952 film), Behind Monastery Walls'' (1952) * ''Southern Nights (film), Southern Nights'' (1953) * ''The Gypsy Baron (1954 film), The Gypsy Baron'' (1954) * ''Marriage Sanitarium'' (1955) * ''Three Girls from the Rhine'' (1955) * ''Three Birch Trees on the Heath'' (1956) * ''A Piece of Heaven'' (1957) * ''Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1958 film), Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1958) * ''Paradise for Sailors'' (1959) * '' The Criminal'' (1960) * '' The Rebel'' (1961) * '' Playback'' (1962) * ''I Deal in Danger'' (1966) * ''

'' (1967) * ''The Last Escape (1970 film), The Last Escape'' (1970)

References

External links

* German film actresses 1929 births Living people German television actresses Actresses from Munich German people of Lebanese descent 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-screen-actor-stub