---
name: "Elma Karlowa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elma-karlowa"
fi1m_id: "elma-karlowa"
imdb_id: "nm0439546"
tmdb_id: 2730
wikidata_id: "Q1332673"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 March 1932"
died: "31 December 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:54:21.615995+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elma Karlowa

## Identity

Elma Karlowa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elma-karlowa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elma-karlowa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0439546
- **TMDB ID:** 2730
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1332673
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elma_Karlowa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2730

Actor. Born 12 March 1932 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. Died 31 December 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 March 1932, Zagreb, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]
- **Died:** 31 December 1994
- **Active:** 1974–1975
- **Also known as:** Selma Karlovac, Эльма Карлова, Elma Karlovace, Selma-Karolina Karlowac, Elma Kurlowa
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elma_Karlowa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2730

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Ali: Fear Eats the Soul*](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md) (88)

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## Biography

Elma Karlowa (12 March 1932 – 31 December 1994) was a Yugoslav actress who worked primarily in German film and television. Born Selma-Karolina Karlowac in Zagreb, she began her career in the late 1940s and appeared in numerous productions from the 1950s onwards.

She is known for supporting roles in several films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Mrs. Kargus in *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), the shopkeeper in *Fox and His Friends* (1975), the waitress in *Martha* (1974), the cafeteria manager in *World on a Wire* (1973) and Frau Greiner in *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1980). Other credits include *Fedora* (1978) and episodes of the series *Tatort*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Shopkeeper #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)
- *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Kargus — [page](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Liebling, ich muß auf Geschäftsreise* (1995), Actor
- *Seven in One Fell Swoop* (1991), as Musfrau
- *Herz in der Hand* (1991), as Friseuse
- *Wann, wenn nicht jetzt* (1987), as Else
- *Flohr und die Traumfrau* (1987), as Haushälterin
- *Im Himmel ist die Hölle los* (1984), as Receptionist
- *Wenn ich mich fürchte* (1984), as Cleaning woman
- *Doctor Faustus* (1982), as Ninette
- *Der Andro-Jäger* (1982), series, as Reisehostess
- *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1980), series, as Frau Greiner
- *Merlin* (1980), series, as Gertrude
- *Der Millionenbauer* (1979), series, as Giovannis Mutter
- *Wehe, wenn Schwarzenbeck kommt* (1979), as Lola
- *Die Protokolle des Herrn M* (1979), series, Actor
- *Der ganz normale Wahnsinn* (1979), series, as Vermieterin Natascha
- *Das Einhorn* (1978), as die Grüne
- *Fedora* (1978), as Maid
- *SOKO München* (1978), series, as Patientin
- *Eichholz & Söhne* (1977), series, as Camilla Rösch
- *Zeit der Empfindsamkeit* (1977), Actor
- *Polizeiinspektion 1* (1977), series, as Patientin
- *The Stationmaster’s Wife* (1977), as Krankenschwester
- *Crime and Passion* (1976), as Masseuse
- *Bitte keine Polizei* (1975), series, as Wilma
- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), as Shopkeeper #1 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)
- *Martha* (1974), as Waitress
- *Der kleine Doktor* (1974), series, as Madame Javal
- *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), as Mrs. Kargus — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md)
- *World on a Wire* (1973), series, as Cafeteria Manager
- *East Meets West in Bed* (1973), as Medi
- *Secrets of Sweet Sixteen* (1973), as Gundula
- *Sex Clinic '74* (1973), as Wirtin
- *King, Queen, Knave* (1972), as Hanna
- *Der Opernball* (1971), Actor
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Ms. Vößl, Frau Parotti
- *Dem Täter auf der Spur* (1967), series, as Mathilde Goujon
- *Brille und Bombe - Bei uns liegen Sie richtig!* (1967), as Die Gaunerin
- *St. Pauli Herbertstraße* (1965), as Betty
- *Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS* (1965), as Herta Klingler
- *Holiday in St. Tropez* (1964), as Marisa Fonti
- *Apartmentzauber* (1963), as Geschäftsinhaberin
- *Freddy und das Lied der Südsee* (1963), as Liz
- *Übermut im Salzkammergut* (1963), as Anka
- *Zwei blaue Vergissmeinnicht* (1963), as Köchin Selma
- *Die Post geht ab* (1962), as Wilma
- *So liebt und küsst man in Tirol* (1961), as Ira Jovanovic
- *My Sweetheart Wants to Go Sailing on Sunday* (1961), as Corinna, Alberts Frau
- *Gauner-Serenade* (1960), as Gina
- *Do Not Send Your Wife to Italy* (1960), as Manuela
- *Captain Lechi* (1960), as Lola
- *Der Czardas-König* (1959), as Ilonka
- *Liebe verboten – Heiraten erlaubt* (1959), as Uschi Wolf
- *Visit Out of the Blue* (1959), as Eve Underhower
- *Mord in der Manege* (1958), as Yvonne
- *The Green Devils of Monte Cassino* (1958), as Gina
- *Der Bettelstudent* (1958), as Komtesse Bronislawa
- *Almenrausch und Edelweiß* (1957), as Ilonka Ferency
- *Gruß und Kuss vom Tegernsee* (1957), as Lissy
- *Jede Nacht in einem anderen Bett* (1957), as Reni von Wiesenberg
- *Das Mädchen ohne Pyjama* (1957), as Eva
- *Studentin Helene Willfüer* (1956), as Yvonne Matthias
- *Guitars of Love* (1955), as Ilona Mirko
- *Rosenmontag* (1955), as Ingeborg Wagner
- *Zwei Herzen und ein Thron* (1955), as Nina Charlotta von Russland
- *Du bist die Richtige* (1955), as Danica
- *Der fröhliche Wanderer* (1955), as Rita Mehling
- *König der Manege* (1954), as Herta von Kemeti
- *Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir* (1954), as Trixie
- *Once I Will Return* (1953), as Marina
- *The Gypsy Girl* (1953), as Koštana
- *A Child of Community* (1953), as Elza
- *The Flag* (1949), Actor

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