--- name: "Karin Dor" canonical: "https://film.one/person/karin-dor" roles: ["Actor"] born: "22 February 1938" died: "6 November 2017" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-18T11:07:03.043584+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." --- # Karin Dor Actor. Born 22 February 1938 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Died 6 November 2017. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 22 February 1938, Wiesbaden, Germany - **Died:** 6 November 2017 - **Also known as:** Kätherose Derr, Rose Dor - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Dor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62353, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233312/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10073 ## Biography Karin Dor was a German actress. Born Kätherose Derr on 22 February 1938 in Wiesbaden, she died on 6 November 2017 in Munich. She appeared in numerous German films of the 1960s, including adaptations of Edgar Wallace and Karl May stories often directed by her first husband, Harald Reinl. Her international roles included Helga Brandt in the James Bond film *You Only Live Twice* (1967) and Juanita de Córdoba in Alfred Hitchcock’s *Topaz* (1969). She also featured in *The Face of Fu Manchu* (1965) and *The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism* (1967). Dor performed on stage and television into later decades. She was married three times, including to stunt director George Robotham from 1988 until his death in 2007. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *You Only Live Twice* (1967), Fi1m 62, as Helga Brandt — [page](https://film.one/film/you-only-live-twice.md) ## Complete filmography (76) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Misplaced World* (2015), as Rosa - *Rosamunde Pilcher: Herzensfragen* (2011), as Lady Claire Sherberton - *I Am the Other Woman* (2006), as Frau Winter - *Inga Lindström* (2004), series, as Elinor Frödin - *Rosamunde Pilcher: Ruf der Vergangenheit* (2000), as Emily Stockton - *Rosamunde Pilcher: Der Preis der Liebe* (1998), as Daisy - *Otto – The Series* (1995), series, as Verschiedene - *Mein Freund, der Lipizzaner* (1994), as Louise - *Die große Freiheit* (1992), series, as Jutta van Straaten - *Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown* (1987), as Jetty - *Gipfeltreffen* (1985), as Nadine - *Der Lord und das Kätzchen* (1983), Acting - *Das Traumschiff* (1981), series, as Ellen Barner - *Achtung Zoll* (1980), series, as Monika Gerber - *SOKO München* (1978), series, as Berenike Stassfurth - *Four Against The Desert* (1977), Acting - *Women in Hospital* (1977), as Frau Schumann - *Warhead* (1977), as Liora - *Dark Echoes* (1977), as Lisa Bruekner - *Only the Wind Knows the Answer* (1974), as Nicole Monnier - *Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies* (1974), as Regine Mangold - *Haie an Bord* (1971), as Andrea Jacobs - *Assignment Terror* (1970), as Maleva Kerstein - *Topaz* (1969), as Juanita de Córdoba - *The Valley of Death* (1968), as Mabel Kingsley - *Dear Caroline* (1968), as Isabelle de Loigny - *The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism* (1967), as Baroness Lilian von Brabant - *You Only Live Twice* (1967), as Helga Brandt — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/you-only-live-twice.md) - *Ironside* (1967), series, Acting - *Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2* (1967), as Brunhild - *Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy* (1966), as Brunhild - *Target for Killing* (1966), as Sandra Perkins - *Where Are You Taking That Woman* (1966), as Denise (Rio segment) - *The Spy with Ten Faces* (1966), as Helen Farheit - *The Sinister Monk* (1965), as Gwendolin - *I Knew Her Well* (1965), as Barbara - *The Desperado Trail* (1965), as (uncredited) - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Maria Chernoff - *The Face of Fu Manchu* (1965), as Maria Muller Janssen - *The Last Tomahawk* (1965), as Cora Munroe - *Hotel der toten Gäste* (1965), as Gilly Powell - *Last of the Renegades* (1964), as Ribanna - *Room 13* (1964), as Denise - *The Secret of the Black Widow* (1963), as Clarisse - *The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle* (1963), as Claridge Dorsett - *The White Spider* (1963), as Muriel Irvine - *Treasure of Silver Lake* (1962), as Ellen Pattersson - *Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett* (1962), as Barbara Holstein - *The Carpet of Horror* (1962), as Ann Learner - *The Invisible Dr. Mabuse* (1962), as Liane Martin - *The Bellboy and the Playgirls* (1962), Acting - *Im schwarzen Rössl* (1961), as Eva Lantz - *My Sweetheart Wants to Go Sailing on Sunday* (1961), as Georgie Hagen, die Sprachstudentin - *So angelt man keinen Mann* (1961), as Tessy - *The Forger of London* (1961), as Jane Clifton - *Bei Pichler stimmt die Kasse nicht* (1961), as Anneliese - *The Green Archer* (1961), as Valerie Howett Bellamy - *The White Horse Inn* (1960), as Brigitte Giesecke - *The Terrible People* (1960), as Nora Sanders - *Ein Sommer, den man nie vergißt* (1959), as Christine von Auffenberg - *Das blaue Meer und Du* (1959), as Helga Heidebrink - *Whicker's World* (1959), series, Acting - *Skandal um Dodo* (1959), as Helga - *13 Little Donkeys and the Sun Court* (1958), as Monika - *Worüber man nicht spricht* (1958), as Christa Riek - *Sin Began with Eve* (1958), as Dinah - *Almenrausch und Edelweiß* (1957), as Maresi Meier - *Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal* (1957), as Daniela Kleemann - *Kleiner Mann - ganz groß* (1957), as Meike Brauns - *Santa Lucia* (1956), as Manina - *As Long as You Live* (1955), as Pepita - *Ihre große Prüfung* (1954), as Elena Clausen - *Der schweigende Engel* (1954), as Erika - *Rosen-Resli* (1954), as Beschäftigte im Hutladen - *Rosen aus dem Süden* (1954), Acting - *The Last Waltz* (1953), as Extra (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Karin Dor](https://film.one/media/person/1025869/gallery-65dd12a32eb2.png) Karin Dor — Alfred Hitchcock, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Karin_Dor_Topaz_1969_%28cropped%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![German actress Karin Dor ("You Only Live Twice", "Topas") at the Berlinale 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/1025869/gallery-d4afeea39d34.jpg) German actress Karin Dor ("You Only Live Twice", "Topas") at the Berlinale 2015. — Paul Katzenberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Karin_Dor.jpg/1280px-Karin_Dor.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![German actress Karin Dor ("You Only Live Twice", "Topas") at the Berlinale 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/1025869/gallery-742d34a24239.jpg) German actress Karin Dor ("You Only Live Twice", "Topas") at the Berlinale 2015. — Paul Katzenberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Karin_Dor_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Karin_Dor_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Karin Dor](https://film.one/media/person/1025869/gallery-288a0d67ee42.jpg) Karin Dor — Image via TMDB - 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