Marina Orschel (born July 14, 1937) is a German actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Germany 1955 and represented her country at

Miss Universe 1955 Miss Universe 1955 was the fourth Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 22 July 1955. This was the first time that the pageant was televised. At the end of the event, Miria ...

where she placed 1st Runner-Up. At first her measurements were announced as 36-22-34 inches (91-56-86 cm), but she handed a measuring tape to Miss England and corrected them to 40-27-34 inches (102–69–86 cm). Following these successes, she,

Ingrid Goude Ingrid Goude (born May 26, 1937) is a Swedish former actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She became an actress in B-movie and sci-fi motion pictures of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her parents were Edward K. Goude, the manager of ...

, and

Carol Morris Carol Ann Laverne Morris (born April 8, 1936) is an American actress, model and beauty queen who was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956. She was crowned by Hillevi Rombin, Miss Universe 19 ...

were offered contracts by

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, though Orschel's screen appearances are mainly in German films.Koper p.125

Selected filmography

* '' Das Sonntagskind'' (1956) * ''

The Tattered Dress ''The Tattered Dress'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope film noir crime film released by Universal Pictures and directed by Jack Arnold. It stars Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Gail Russell and Elaine Stewart. Plot In a California ...

'' (1957) * '' Träume von der Südsee'' (1957) * '' Heute blau und morgen blau'' (1957) * ' (1958) * '' The Csardas King'' (1958)

References

Bibliography

* Richard Koper. ''Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens''. 2010. * Bob Larkins & Boyd Magers. ''The Films of Audie Murphy''. McFarland, 2016.

External links

* 1937 births Living people German film actresses Models from Berlin Miss Universe 1956 contestants German beauty pageant winners Actresses from Berlin {{Germany-bio-stub