Marianna Hill
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Marianna Hill (born Marianna Schwarzkopf; February 9, 1942) is an American actress who is known for her starring roles in the Western films El Condor (1970) and High Plains Drifter and the cult horror film Messiah of Evil (both 1973), as well as many roles on television series in the 1960s and 1970s.
Early life and education
Hill was born Marianna Schwarzkopf, in Santa Barbara, California,[1] on February 9, 1942,[1] to architect Frank Schwarzkopf and writer Mary Hawthorne Hill, who worked as a script doctor. United States Army General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was her second cousin.[2]
Her father, a building contractor,[3] worked in several countries, which resulted in Hill's education in California, Spain, and Canada. During her teenage years, her family settled in southern California when her father purchased a restaurant there.[2]
Career
Hill's initial acting experience came when she was an apprentice at the Laguna Playhouse. She then worked three summers at the La Jolla Playhouse, and later gained more experience at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.[2][4] She was a life member of The Actors Studio[5] as of January 1980. She adopted her mother's surname ("Hill") as her professional surname. She appeared in more than 70 films and television episodes.
Her film debut came in Married Too Young (1962).[2] She played Gabrielle in the Howard Hawks film, Red Line 7000 (1965) and featured in the Elvis Presley film Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966); the Haskell Wexler political film Medium Cool (1969); the western El Condor (1970); the Clint Eastwood film High Plains Drifter (1973) as Callie Travers; the cult classic horror-thriller film The Baby (1973); and in The Godfather Part II (1974) as Deanna Dunn-Corleone, Fredo Corleone's hard-drinking wife.[6]
Hill guest-starred in several 1960s sitcoms, including My Three Sons, Hogan's Heroes and Love, American Style, as well as in the original Star Trek series ("Dagger of the Mind", 1966, as Dr. Helen Noel) and Perry Mason ("The Case of the Greek Goddess", 1963, as Theba). She guest-starred in The High Chaparral; Bonanza; Death Valley Days; Gunsmoke; The Wild Wild West; Dr. Kildare; The F.B.I.; Quincy, M.E.; S.W.A.T.; Kung Fu; The Outer Limits; Mannix; Batman; Daniel Boone; The Tall Man; Mission: Impossible; and the first pilot movie for Harry O. Her last television appearance was in a 1984 episode of Remington Steele.
After moving to New York to teach at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, Hill moved to England in 1988 to teach at the Lee Strasberg Studio in London. She remained there until its closure in 2001.[7] Hill continued to teach at the Method Studio in London, and made an appearance in the 2005 British film Coma Girl: The State of Grace, a part she got through the association of one of her students with the film's writer and director Dina Jacobsen.
Her last American film was Chief Zabu, which was filmed on the campus of Bard College in New York in 1986. The film was not released until 2016.[8][9] In a rare public appearance, Hill attended the premier of the movie at the 2016 Fort Lauderdale Film Festival.[10]
Hill lives in the UK. She teaches acting privately and at acting workshops. She was scheduled to make an appearance at the Destination Star Trek Germany convention in June 2021; however, the convention was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
Filmography
Film
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- 1962: Married Too Young as Marla
- 1963: Black Zoo as Audrey
- 1963: Wives and Lovers (uncredited)
- 1964: The New Interns as Sandy
- 1964: Roustabout as Viola (uncredited)
- 1965: That Funny Feeling (1965) Kitty (uncredited)
- 1965: Red Line 7000 as Gabrielle
- 1966: Paradise, Hawaiian Style as Lani Kaimana
- 1969: Medium Cool as Ruth
- 1970: El Condor as Claudine
- 1970: The Traveling Executioner as Gundred Herzallerliebst
- 1972: Thumb Tripping as Lynne
- 1973: The Baby as Germaine Wadsworth
- 1973: High Plains Drifter as Callie Travers
- 1973: Messiah of Evil as Arletty
- 1974: The Last Porno Flick as Mary
- 1974: The Godfather Part II as Deanna Corleone
- 1978: The Astral Factor as Bambi Greer (re-released in 1984 as Invisible Strangler)
- 1980: Schizoid as Julie
- 1980: Blood Beach as Catherine Hutton
- 1988: Chief Zabu as Jennifer Holding
- 2005: Coma Girl: The State of Grace as Mrs. Anderson
Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960–1961 | The Tall Man | Rita | 5 episodes |
| 1960–1962 | 77 Sunset Strip | Silvana Mello | 4 episodes |
| 1963 | Perry Mason | Theba | Episode: "The Case of the Greek Goddess" |
| 1963 | Gunsmoke | Annie | Episode: "Pa Hack's Brood" (S9.E13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1964 | Dr. Kildare | Gina Craig | 1 episode |
| 1964 | Bonanza | Dolores Tenino | Episode: "Ponderosa Matador" (S5.E15)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1964 | Death Valley Days | Tula | 1 episode |
| 1964 | Outer Limits | Nina Link | Episode: "I, Robot" (S2.E9)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1966 | Batman | Cleo Patrick / Cleopatra | 2 episodes |
| 1966 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Dr. Helen Noel | Episode: "Dagger of the Mind" (S1.E9)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1967 | My Three Sons | Denise Dubose | 1 episode |
| 1967 | The Wild Wild West | Belladonna | 1 episode |
| 1968 | Mission Impossible | Luisa Rojas | Episode: "The Condemned" (S2.E19)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1968–1969 | Mannix | Marcie / Ellen Barton | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | The F.B.I. | Antonia Marin | 1 episode |
| 1969 | Mayberry RFD | Renee | 1 episode |
| 1969 | The High Chaparral | Juanita | 1 episode |
| 1969 | Hogan's Heroes | Eskimo / Lousia | Episode: "The Gasoline War" |
| 1970 | Love American Style | Angelica Stone | Segment: "Love and the Gangster" |
| 1970 | Daniel Boone | Nancy Hanks | 1 episode |
| 1973 | Harry O | Mildred | 1 episode |
| 1974 | Kung Fu | Louise Coblenz | Episode: "The Passion of Chen Yi" (S2.E19)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1976 | Death at Love House | Lorna Love | TV movie |
| 1976 | S.W.A.T. | Kate Devers | Episode: "Soldier on the Hill" (S2.E23)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 1977 | Quincy, M.E. | Lisa | 1 episode |
| 1984 | Remington Steele | Brenda Flowers | 1 episode |
References
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- ↑ [https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/strasberg-london-school-closes-33104/ "Strasberg London School Closes", backstage.com. February 21, 2001.
- ↑ Interview with Neil Cohen, creativehudsonvalley.com. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Missing for 30 years, a Trumpian satire finds its pop-culture moment", South Florida Sun Sentinel, November 1, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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External links
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- Living people
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- American people of German descent
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