Margit Saad (born 30 May 1929) is a German actress who has worked largely in German film and television, with occasional English language appearances.

Biography

She was born in

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, the daughter of a Lebanese linguist father and a German language teaching mother from

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. She made her screen debut in '' Eva erbt das Paradies''. In 1960 she starred in the British drama film '' The Criminal'' and followed it up with appearances in other British films and television programmes such as '' The Rebel'' (US ''Call Me Genius'', 1961) with

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, '' Playback'' (1962), an entry in the ''

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'' series of second features, ''The Saint'' in ''The Saint Sees It Through'' (1964) and ''

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'' (1967) supporting

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.Margit Saad
at the

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's Film and TV DataBase Saad appeared in an early 1966 episode of the American television espionage series ''

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''. It was edited together with three other episodes later in 1966 to create the American theatrical film ''

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'', which includes her appearance.

Selected filmography

* '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1952) * '' Southern Nights'' (1953) * ''

The Gypsy Baron ''The Gypsy Baron'' () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its German libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer is based on the unpublished 1883 story ''Saffi'' by Mór Jókai. Jokai ...

'' (1954) * ''

Marriage Sanitarium ''Marriage Sanitarium'' (German: ''Ehesanatorium'') is a 1955 Austrian comedy film directed by Franz Antel and starring Adrian Hoven, Maria Emo and Margit Saad. It was shot at the Sievering and Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna. The film's sets ...

'' (1955) * ''

Three Girls from the Rhine ''Three Girls from the Rhine'' (German: ''Drei Mädels vom Rhein'') is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Gardy Granass, Margit Saad and Fita Benkhoff.Bock & Bergfelder p.194 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios, ...

'' (1955) * ''

Three Birch Trees on the Heath ''Three Birch Trees on the Heath'' (German: ''Drei Birken auf der Heide'') is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Margit Saad, Sonja Sutter and Helmuth Schneider. It was one of 54 heimatfilm produced that year, a ...

'' (1956) * ''

A Piece of Heaven ''A Piece of Heaven'' (German: ''Ein Stück vom Himmel'') is a 1957 West German romance film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Ingrid Andree, Toni Sailer and Margit Saad.Bock & Bergfelder p.227 The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...

'' (1957) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1958) * ''

Paradise for Sailors ''Paradise for Sailors'' (german: Paradies der Matrosen) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Margit Saad, Boy Gobert and Mara Lane.Goble p. 901 The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann. ...

'' (1959) * '' The Criminal'' (1960) * '' The Rebel'' (1961) * '' Playback'' (1962) * ''

'' (1966) * ''

'' (1967) * '' The Last Escape'' (1970)

References

External links

* German film actresses 1929 births Living people German television actresses Actresses from Munich German people of Lebanese descent 20th-century German actresses {{Germany-screen-actor-stub