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Maria Perschy

Maria Perschy

Actor · Died December 3, 2004, aged 66 · Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maria Perschy (September 23, 1938 – December 3, 2004) was an Austrian actress. Perschy was born in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria and moved to Vienna at the age of 17 to study acting. After completing her education, she moved to Germany for more training, leading to a movie career. Her first major success came with Nasser Asphalt where she played together with Horst Buchholz. Her acting career would eventually take her — by way of France, Italy, and Great Britain — to Hollywood. Perschy played in a number of American films, her most notable roles being in the 1962 biopic Freud and the 1964 Rock Hudson comedy, Man's Favorite Sport?. Perschy's career in America eventually declined and by the late 1970s her only US appearances were brief roles in TV shows such as Hawaii Five-O and General Hospital. While shooting in Spain in 1971, Perschy suffered a burn injury from an accident that required several operations before she could resume her career. Perschy returned to her native Austria in 1985 and continued to perform in a series of plays and TV series. On 3 December 2004, Austrian state broadcaster ORF reported that Maria Perschy had died of cancer in Vienna. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Perschy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 23, 1938
Died
December 3, 2004 (aged 66)
From
Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria
Works as
Actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 70 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 38% in 30 days

What are Maria Perschy's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Power.

Genres

Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 6th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 13th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
25%
Power
23%
Morality
22%
Self
17%
Bonds
10%
Society
2%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 4 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Herald: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Herald
2 of 4
Shapeshifter
1 of 4
Ally
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Dread
4
Melancholic
7
Thrilling
4
Joyful
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet8
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Maria Perschy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Maria Perschy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

70 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Rosamunde Pilcher: Melodie der Herzen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Mrs. Manning

  • Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Lucy

  • Die Nacht der Nächte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Eva

  • Liebling, ich muß auf Geschäftsreise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Zwei Brüder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Vermieterin

  • Auf eigene Gefahr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Frau von Seberling

  • Die drei Dorfheiligen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Harry and Harriet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Ruth Olsen

  • Eurocops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Erika Ruhland

  • Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Mrs. Strauß

  • Vultures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Pamela Windsor

  • The Standard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Mordax

  • Fox Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Mercedes

  • The People Who Own the Dark(1976)

    as Lily

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • El límite del amor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Madre Superiora

  • De profesión: polígamo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Luisa

  • The Adolescents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Miss Stella Larsen

  • Kilma, Queen of the Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Isabel

  • Exorcism(1975)

    as Patricia Gibson

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Say it with Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Klaus's wife

  • House of Psychotic Women(1974)

    as Ivette

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Los fríos senderos del crimen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Jane

  • The Ghost Galleon(1974)

    as Lillian Perry

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Sergeant Berry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Eileen

  • Le dessous du ciel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Éliane

  • The Night of Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Jill

  • Hunchback of the Morgue(1973)

    as Dr. Maria Meyer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Specter of Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as María Preston

  • Murders in the Rue Morgue(1971)

    as Genevre

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Last Day of the War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Elena Truppe

  • Paul Temple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 2 episodes · as Ilse Haffner

  • Dr. med. Fabian - Lachen ist die beste Medizin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Dr. Inge Vollmer

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Sonya Hansen

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The Castle of Fu Manchu(1969)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Vengeance of Pancho Villa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Vera Stevens - the widow

  • Spy Today, Die Tomorrow(1967)

    as Lu Forrester

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Five Golden Dragons(1967)

    as Margret

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Desperate Ones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Marusia

  • A Witch Without a Broom(1967)

    as Mariana

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sette donne per una strage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • The Tall Women(1966)

    as Ursula

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Kommissar X - Jagd auf Unbekannt(1966)

    as Joan Smith

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • African Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Helena Hanson

  • The Bandits of the Rio Grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Helen

  • Extraconiugale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Eva (segment "La moglie svedese")

  • Secret of the Sphinx (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Hélène Blomberg

  • No Survivors, Please (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Ginny Desmond, Sekretärin

  • 633 Squadron(1964)

    as Hilde Bergman

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Operation Hong Kong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Claudia Laudon

  • Man's Favorite Sport?(1964)

    as Isolde 'Easy' Mueller

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Mad Executioners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Ann Barry

  • Die fünfte Kolonne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Gisela Wilke

  • Freud(1962)

    as Magda (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Password Is Courage(1962)

    as Irena

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Melody of Hate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Claudia / Martina

  • Wenn beide schuldig werden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Josi

  • Ordered to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Doris Korff

  • Un amore a Roma(1960)

    as Eleonora Curtatoni

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Der Held meiner Träume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Franziska Kleinschmidt

  • I piaceri del sabato notte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Claudia

  • Die verkaufte Braut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Marie

  • Die Liebe des Jahres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Prinzessin Angela

  • Natürlich die Autofahrer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Karin Dobermann

  • The Moralist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Monique

  • Lady Country Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Afra

  • Der schwarze Blitz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Gretl Mittermayr

  • Wet Asphalt(1958)

    as Bettina

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Fanny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Fanny

  • Roter Mohn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Actor

  • Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Hannerl

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 70 titles from 1956 to 1998; peak year 1973.

Highest rated

Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

Midcredits 84th

Film career

19561998

Peak 1973 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting70 of 70: 70 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

By decade

1950s9 · acting1960s31 · acting1970s19 · acting1980s3 · acting1990s8 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 9% of 11 roles
5969

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Maria Perschy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 18; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 19 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

A Witch Without a Broom (1967)

63rd percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

Midcredits 84th · 73% liked

Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Maria Perschy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Maria Perschy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Theo Maria Werner shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles