Karin Schubert (born 26 November 1944) is a German actress. She appeared in film roles since 1970 and became a pornographic actress in the 1980s.

Cinema career

Her early roles included the

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'' Compañeros'' (1970) and

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's film '' La folie des grandeurs'' (1971). In 1972, she appeared in the films ''

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'', directed by

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, and

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's ''

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''. The same year, she appeared along with

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and

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in the sex comedy '' Ubalda, All Naked and Warm''. She then started to appear in

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s, especially with Italian actor

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. The first film of this kind was a ''

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'' Spaghetti Western adaptation, '' Tutti per uno...botte per tutti'' (''Three Musketeers of the West'') in 1973, and she also appeared in the crime drama ''

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'' (1975), and as a Russian agent in the spy film '' Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'' (1978) opposite

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and

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. In 1975 she appeared in the hit film ''

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'' starring

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which drew the attention of director

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, and began to take part in his erotic films, including ''

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'' in 1977 where she played Cora Norman, the counterpart of Gemser. Gradually losing demand as an actress in the mid-1980s, she moved to Spain, but also failed to establish herself there. Her personal problems also contributed to her career problems: her marriage broke down, and her son became addicted to drugs, becoming so out of control that his mother became the target of his violent outbursts. To earn money for his treatment, Schubert started posing for

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s, but when the money from this ran out, in 1985 at the age of 40, she also began starring in

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films. Using her notoriety as leverage, she signed a contract with a film company that paid her an annual salary of 180,000 German marks, to perform in films mostly in Italy and West Germany. In 1994, 50-year-old Schubert left pornography, having starred in 24 films of this genre. That same year she tried to commit suicide by taking barbiturates with vodka, but was rescued by neighbors. Two years later, neighbors found her unresponsive in her car, having attempted suicide a second time by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Selected filmography

* ''

A Sword for Brando ''A Sword for Brando'' (Italian: ''Una spada per Brando'') is a 1970 Italian adventure film directed by Alfio Caltabiano and starring Riccardo Salvino, Karin Schubert and Tano Cimarosa.Curti p.25 Cast * Riccardo Salvino as Robin Hood * Kari ...

'' (1970) * '' Compañeros'' (1970) * '' La folie des grandeurs'' (1971) * ''

'' (1972) * ''

'' (1972) * '' Ubalda, All Naked and Warm'' (1972) * '' Tutti per uno...botte per tutti'' (1973) * '' La Punition'' (1973) * '' The Girl in Room 2A'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

'' (1975) * ''

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'' (1976) * ''

'' (1977) * '' Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident'' (1978) * '' Black Venus'' (1983) * '' The Nurse in the Military Madhouse'' (1979) * '' The Panther Squad'' (1984) * '' Christina (1984) * '' Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park'' (1984)

References

External links

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The Sacrifice of Karin Schubert (The Grindhouse Effect)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schubert, Karin 1944 births Living people German film actresses German pornographic film actresses Spaghetti Western actresses