Marika Rökk, born Marie Karoline Rökk, was a Hungarian dancer, singer and actress who gained prominence in German films in the Nazi era. In 1924 her family moved to Paris where she learned to dance and starred with the Hoffmann Girls at the Moulin Rouge cabaret. After a tour that led her to Broadway she continued her dance training in the United States. As an acclaimed revue dancer on numerous European stages, Rökk was selected as the ideal candidate to be groomed and promoted as this new type of star and in 1934 was offered a two-year contract with UFA, where she became one of the most prolific film stars of the time.

Filmography

• 2017Hitler's Hollywood — Various Roles (archive footage)
• 1988Schloß Königswald — Freifrau von Boehme
• 1980Die Gräfin vom Naschmarkt — Rozsi Sandor
• Die Schöngrubers — Therese Schöngruber
• 1968Der keusche Lebemann
• 1962Die Fledermaus — Adele
• 1962Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies — Ilonka Davarosch
• 1961Heute gehn wir bummeln — Marika Sabo
• 1961Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder — Ilona Farkas
• 1959Die Nacht vor der Premiere — Carola Lorm
• 1958Clear the stage for Marika — Marion Müller/Marika Karoly
• 1957At the Green Cockatoo by Night — Irene Wagner
• 1953Mask in Blue — Juliska Varady
• 1953The Divorcée — Gonda van der Loo
• 1951Sensation in San Remo — Cornelia Feldmann
• 1951The Csardas Princess — Sylva Varescu
• 1950Child of the Danube — Marika
• 1948Fregola — Fregola
• 1944The Woman of My Dreams — Julia Koestner
• 1942Make Love to Me — Monika Koch
• 1941Tanz mit dem Kaiser — Christine von Alvin
• 1941Women Are Better Diplomats — Marie-Luise Pally
• 1940Kora Terry — Kora / Mara Terry
• 1940Request Concert
• 1939Hallo Janine — Janine Pomme
• 1939It Was a Gay Ballnight — Tänzerin Nastassja Petrowna Jarowa
• 1939Wild Roses
• 1938A Night in May — Inge Fleming
• 1937Carousel — Erika Hübner
• 1937Duet — Sängerin Maria Seydlitz
• 1937Gasparone — Revuestar Ita
• 1936Hot Blood — Marika von Körössy
• 1936The Beggar Student — Bronislawa Nowalska
• 1935Light Cavalry — Rosika
• 1933The Ghost Train — Mary
• 1932Kiss Me Darling! — Terike
• 1930Kiss Me Sergeant — Dancer
• 1930Why Sailors Leave Home

Appearances as themselves (22)

• Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts — Self (archive Footage)
• Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen — Self
• Frauengeschichten — herself
• Heut' abend — Self
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Musik ist Trumpf — Self
• Acht nach 8 — Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten — Self
• TV Intim — Self
• Seniorenclub — Self
• 1965So schön wie heut — Self
• 1965Triumph Over Violence — Self (archive footage)
• Der goldene Schuß — Self
• Vergißmeinnicht — Self
• Zwischenstation — Self
• Blick zurück im Film — Self
• Hotel Victoria — Self
• Stars in der Manege — Self
• German Film Award — Self
• Bambi — Self