Margaret Markov

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Margaret Markov
Margaret Markov in Pretty Maids All in a Row.jpg
Markov in 1970
Born
Margaret Mary Markov

(1948-11-22) November 22, 1948 (age 75)
OccupationActress
Years active1969–1974, 1997
Spouse(s)
(m. 1970;div. 1973)

(m. 1974)
Children2

Margaret Mary Markov (born November 22, 1948) is an American retired actress. She had a supporting role in the romantic drama The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) with Liza Minnelli and co-starred in There Is No 13 (1974), as well as appearing in other films.

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She was in the 1969 outlaw biker film Run, Angel, Run directed by Jack Starrett and the 1972 women in prison film The Hot Box co-written by Jonathan Demme.

She also appeared in the dark sex comedy/murder mystery Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) with Rock Hudson, directed by Roger Vadim, whom she dated. [1] Markov also starred opposite Pam Grier in two films: the 1972 Black Mama, White Mama and the 1974 The Arena (aka Naked Warriors). During the making of the latter, she started dating producer Mark Damon; the two later married and Markov retired. [2]

Partial filmography

Cast of Pretty Maids All in a Row (L-R): (front row) June Fairchild, Joy Bang, Aimee Eccles; (middle row) Joanna Cameron, Gene Roddenberry, Rock Hudson, Roger Vadim; (back row) Margaret Markov, Brenda Sykes, Diane Sherry, Gretchen Burell Rock Hudson, Gene Roddenberry, Roger Vadim, and cast of Pretty Maids All in a Row.jpg
Cast of Pretty Maids All in a Row (L-R): (front row) June Fairchild, Joy Bang, Aimee Eccles; (middle row) Joanna Cameron, Gene Roddenberry, Rock Hudson, Roger Vadim; (back row) Margaret Markov, Brenda Sykes, Diane Sherry, Gretchen Burell

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References

  1. "Vadim's Next?". Democrat and Chronicle. October 24, 1970.
  2. 'Interviews', Machete Maidens Unleashed website Archived 2012-11-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed 14 July 2012