Nadiuska

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Nadiuska
Born
Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar

(1952-01-19) January 19, 1952 (age 72)
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1972-1998
SpouseFernando Montalbán Sánchez (1973-1981) (annulled) [1]

Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar (born January 19, 1952) is a former German model and actress who became a well-known celebrity in Spain during the 1970s, [2] under the stage name Nadiuska.

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Biography

Born in 1952 in Bavaria to Polish and Russian parents, she moved to Barcelona in 1971 and her career rapidly took off. She appeared in a number of sex comedies over the next decade, and appeared nude in Playboy magazine. She played Conan's mother in the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Conan the Barbarian . She co-starred with Spanish horror star Paul Naschy in his science fiction film The People Who Own The Dark. Years later she was committed to a psychiatric ward with schizophrenia. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972Timanfaya (Amor prohibido)La italianaUncredited
1972Soltero y padre en la vidaGunilla
1973La redadaRomyUncredited
1973Lo verde empieza en los PirineosPaula - la camarera
1973Manolo, la nuitIngrid
1974Vida conyugal sanaNati
1974El chuloIsabel
1974Señora doctorLucía
1974Chicas de alquilerMarta
1974Polvo eres...Rocio Corrales 'La Nodo'
1974Tarzán en las minas del rey SalomónDorisco-starring Paul Naschy
1974PerversiónMarisa
1975Una abuelita de antes de la guerraNina
1975Un lujo a su alcancePili
1975 Zorrita Martinez Zorrita
1975 Spanish Fly Julie
1976El señor está servidoLaly
1976La amante perfectaLina Rey
1976 Beatriz Basilisa
1976 The People Who Own the Dark Clara
1976La muerte ronda a MónicaMónica / Federico's wife
1976Desnuda inquietudMaría / Daughter
1977 Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them María
1977ChelyPepi
1977 The More It Goes, the Less It Goes Zuka
1978 Mi mujer no es mi señora María
1978Suave, cariño, muy suaveEva
1979 Guyana: Crime of the Century Leslie Stevens
19797 ragazze di classeMerche
1980La noche viene movida
1980 Challenge of the Tiger Maria
1981Buitres sobre la ciudadDenise Marciano
1981Las siete cucasJulita
1982 Conan the Barbarian Conan's Mother
1982Othello, the Black CommandoEmily
1983La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros Milady de Winter
1983El violador violadoAlicia
1984La de Troya en el PalmarAna
1990Seducción mortalPatri
1993El tío del saco y el inspector LobatónAlicia
1997Brácula. Condemor IIBaronesa
1998Las dudas de Judas y Maria MagdalenaMaria Magdalena

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References

  1. Vegas, Valeria (January 19, 2016). "From Being a Movie Star to Sleeping in One: The Rise and Fall of Nadiuska". Vanity Fair via Google Translate.
  2. Goble (1999), p. 121.
  3. Vegas, Valeria (January 19, 2016). "From Being a Movie Star to Sleeping in One: The Rise and Fall of Nadiuska". Vanity Fair – via Google Translate.

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