Nadiuska | |
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Born | Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar January 19, 1952 |
Other names | Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1972-1998 |
Spouse | Fernando Montalbán Sánchez (1973-1981) (annulled)[1] |
Nadiuska is a retired Polish and Russian model and actress who became a well-known celebrity in Spain during the 1970s.[2] Born as Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar 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. 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
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Timanfaya (Amor prohibido) | La italiana | Uncredited |
1972 | Soltero y padre en la vida | Gunilla | |
1973 | La redada | Romy | Uncredited |
1973 | Lo verde empieza en los Pirineos | Paula - la camarera | |
1973 | Manolo, la nuit | Ingrid | |
1974 | Vida conyugal sana | Nati | |
1974 | El chulo | Isabel | |
1974 | Señora doctor | Lucía | |
1974 | Chicas de alquiler | Marta | |
1974 | Polvo eres... | Rocio Corrales 'La Nodo' | |
1974 | Tarzán en las minas del rey Salomón | Doris | co-starring Paul Naschy |
1974 | Perversión | Marisa | |
1975 | Una abuelita de antes de la guerra | Nina | |
1975 | Un lujo a su alcance | Pili | |
1975 | Zorrita Martinez | Zorrita | |
1975 | Spanish Fly | Julie | |
1976 | El señor está servido | Laly | |
1976 | La amante perfecta | Lina Rey | |
1976 | Beatriz | Basilisa | |
1976 | The People Who Own the Dark | Clara | co-starring Paul Naschy |
1976 | La muerte ronda a Mónica | Mónica / Federico's wife | |
1976 | Desnuda inquietud | María / Daughter | |
1977 | Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them | María | |
1977 | Chely | Pepi | |
1977 | The More It Goes, the Less It Goes | Zuka | |
1978 | Mi mujer no es mi señora | María | |
1978 | Suave, cariño, muy suave | Eva | |
1979 | Guyana: Crime of the Century | Leslie Stevens | |
1979 | 7 ragazze di classe | Merche | |
1980 | La noche viene movida | ||
1980 | Challenge of the Tiger | Maria | |
1981 | Buitres sobre la ciudad | Denise Marciano | |
1981 | Las siete cucas | Julita | |
1982 | Conan the Barbarian | played Conan's mother | |
1982 | Othello, the Black Commando | Emily | |
1983 | La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros | Milady de Winter | |
1983 | El violador violado | Alicia | |
1984 | La de Troya en el Palmar | Ana | |
1990 | Seducción mortal | Patri | |
1993 | El tío del saco y el inspector Lobatón | Alicia | |
1997 | Brácula. Condemor II | Baronesa | |
1998 | Las dudas de Judas y Maria Magdalena | Maria Magdalena |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Goble (1999), p. 121.
- ^ 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.
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-59811-492-2.