10 Facts About Marianne Koch

Marianne Koch is a German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s.

Marianne Koch later worked as a television host and as a physician.

Between 1950 and 1971, Koch appeared in more than 65 films.

Marianne Koch had numerous leading roles in the German cinema of the 1950s and 1960s.

Marianne Koch had major roles in the Hollywood films Four Girls in Town and Interlude, both released in 1957.

Marianne Koch remains perhaps best known internationally for Sergio Leone's 1964 production A Fistful of Dollars, which showcased her with Clint Eastwood as a civilian tormented by ruthless local gangsters, torn between her husband and child and the villains.

Marianne Koch hosted other television shows, and in 2014, still had a medical advice program on radio.

Marianne Koch is the daughter of Marie Aumuller and Rudolf Schindler.

In 1953, Marianne Koch married the physician Gerhard Freund, with whom she has two sons.

Marianne Koch later began a relationship with the writer Peter Hamm, which lasted from the mid-1970s until his death in 2019.