Nadiuska is a retired Polish and Russian
model
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and
actress
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who became a well-known celebrity in Spain during the 1970s. Born as Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar in 1952 in
Bavaria
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to Polish and Russian parents, she moved to
Barcelona
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in 1971 and her career rapidly took off. She appeared in a number of
sex comedies
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over the next decade, and appeared nude in ''Playboy''. She played Conan's mother in the 1982
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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film ''
Conan the Barbarian
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''. She co-starred with Spanish horror star
Paul Naschy
Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina Álvarez, September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009) was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures— The Wolfman, ...
in his science fiction film ''The People Who Own The Dark''. Years later she was committed to a psychiatric ward with schizophrenia.
[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.]
Filmography
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1952 births
Living people
Actors from Bavaria
German emigrants to Spain
German people of Polish descent
German people of Russian descent
German television actresses
People from Regensburg
Spanish film actresses
Spanish people of German descent
Spanish people of Polish descent
Spanish people of Russian descent
Spanish television actresses