Nadiuska

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Nadiuska
Born
Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar

(1952-01-19) January 19, 1952 (age 72)
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1972-1998
SpouseFernando Montalbán Sánchez (1973-1981) (annulled)[1]

Roswicha Bertasha Smid Honczar (born January 19, 1952) is a former German model and actress who became a well-known celebrity in Spain during the 1970s,[2] under the stage name Nadiuska.

Biography[edit]

Born in 1952 in Bavaria to Polish and Russian parents, she moved to Barcelona in 1971 and her career rapidly took off. She appeared in a number of sex comedies over the next decade, and appeared nude in Playboy magazine. She played Conan's mother in the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Conan the Barbarian. She co-starred with Spanish horror star Paul Naschy in his science fiction film The People Who Own The Dark. Years later she was committed to a psychiatric ward with schizophrenia.[3]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1972 Timanfaya (Amor prohibido) La italiana Uncredited
1972 Soltero y padre en la vida Gunilla
1973 La redada Romy Uncredited
1973 Lo verde empieza en los Pirineos Paula - la camarera
1973 Manolo, la nuit Ingrid
1974 Vida conyugal sana Nati
1974 El chulo Isabel
1974 Señora doctor Lucía
1974 Chicas de alquiler Marta
1974 Polvo eres... Rocio Corrales 'La Nodo'
1974 Tarzán en las minas del rey Salomón Doris co-starring Paul Naschy
1974 Perversión Marisa
1975 Una abuelita de antes de la guerra Nina
1975 Un lujo a su alcance Pili
1975 Zorrita Martinez Zorrita
1975 Spanish Fly Julie
1976 El señor está servido Laly
1976 La amante perfecta Lina Rey
1976 Beatriz Basilisa
1976 The People Who Own the Dark Clara
1976 La muerte ronda a Mónica Mónica / Federico's wife
1976 Desnuda inquietud María / Daughter
1977 Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them María
1977 Chely Pepi
1977 The More It Goes, the Less It Goes Zuka
1978 Mi mujer no es mi señora María
1978 Suave, cariño, muy suave Eva
1979 Guyana: Crime of the Century Leslie Stevens
1979 7 ragazze di classe Merche
1980 La noche viene movida
1980 Challenge of the Tiger Maria
1981 Buitres sobre la ciudad Denise Marciano
1981 Las siete cucas Julita
1982 Conan the Barbarian Conan's Mother
1982 Othello, the Black Commando Emily
1983 La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros Milady de Winter
1983 El violador violado Alicia
1984 La de Troya en el Palmar Ana
1990 Seducción mortal Patri
1993 El tío del saco y el inspector Lobatón Alicia
1997 Brácula. Condemor II Baronesa
1998 Las dudas de Judas y Maria Magdalena Maria Magdalena

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Goble (1999), p. 121.
  3. ^ 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.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-59811-492-2.

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