Marina Orschel

German actress and beauty queen

Marina Orschel
Born	(1937-07-14) July 14, 1937 (age 86) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1956-1963 (film & TV)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Germany 1956
Major competition(s)	Miss Germany 1956 (Winner) Miss Universe 1956 (1st Runner-Up)

Marina Orschel (born July 14, 1937) is a German actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Germany 1955 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1955 where she placed 1st Runner-Up. At first her measurements were announced as 36-22-34 inches (91-56-86 cm), but she handed a measuring tape to Miss England and corrected them to 40-27-34 inches (102–69–86 cm).^[1]^[2] Following these successes, she, Ingrid Goude, and Carol Morris were offered contracts by Universal Pictures, though Orschel's screen appearances are mainly in German films.^[3]

Selected filmography

Das Sonntagskind (1956)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
Träume von der Südsee (1957)
Heute blau und morgen blau (1957)
Bimbo the Great [de] (1958)
The Csardas King (1958)

References

^ July 20, 1956 Enterprise-Journal from McComb, Mississippi, Page 1
^ July 20, 1956 South Haven Daily Tribune Newspaper Archives Page 3
^ Koper p.125

Bibliography

Richard Koper. Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens. 2010.
Bob Larkins & Boyd Magers. The Films of Audie Murphy. McFarland, 2016.