Dita Parlo

. Stage Plays:. She appeared in only three films during the last thirty years of her life making her final film appearance in 1965. Her second husband was British film producer Kip Gowans. With the outbreak of World War II, Parlo returned to Germany. Her first husband was Bill Colleran, an American television producer, with whom she had a son and daughter. She was scheduled to appear in the Orson Welles production of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness but this did not eventuate. Lee Remick has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Blvd.

She attempted to establish a career in American films but despite a couple of roles in Hollywood films, was unable to extend her European success. She received a Tony Award nomination in 1966 for her role as a blind woman terrorized by drug smugglers in "Wait Until Dark" (the character was played by Audrey Hepburn in the film version). During the 1930s she moved easily between German and French language films, achieving success in such films as L'Atalante (1934) and La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion) (1937). Remick was educated at the Hewitt School, Barnard College, Swaboda Ballet School and became an actress in motion pictures, on stage, and in television dramas and miniseries. Born Grethe Gerda Kornstädt in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) Parlo made her first film appearance in 1928 and quickly became a popular actress in Germany. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, she died of a recurrence of kidney cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 55. Dita Parlo (September 4, 1906 - December 13, 1971) was a film actress. Lee Remick (December 14, 1935 - July 2, 1991), was an American actress.

". The Seven Year Itch. Its title track commences with the line "My name is Dita, I'll be your mistress tonight.. Brigadoon. Madonna, said to have been fascinated by Parlo, took her name for the character she created for her Sex book and Erotica album. Annie Get Your Gun. A Little Night Music.

Wait Until Dark, (1966). Anyone Can Whistle, (1964). Mistral’s Daughter, (1984) TV mini-series. Tribute, (1980).

The Europeans, (1979). The Omen, (1976). Sometimes a Great Notion, (1971). The Detective, (1968).

Baby the Rain Must Fall, (1965). Days of Wine and Roses, (1962) (nominated for an Oscar). Experiment in Terror, (1962). Wild River, (1960).

Anatomy of a Murder, (1959). The Long, Hot Summer, (1958). A Face in the Crowd, (1957).