Karin Dor (born Kätherose Derr; 22 February 1938 – 6 November 2017) was a German actress who became popular in the 1960s playing heroines in Edgar Wallace and Karl May movies.

Years active1953–2014

Spouses

• Harald Reinl (m. 1954; div. 1968)
• Günther Schmucker (m. 1972;div. 1974)
• George Robotham (m. 1988; his death 2007)

Biography

Dor starred in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and the Alfred Hitchcock movie Topaz. In 2008 she was on stage again in Munich in Man liebt nur dreimal ("You Only Love Thrice"). In later years, she performed mainly stage roles but still appeared in some films.

Dor was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. She was married three times: one of her husbands was George Robotham, a U.S. stunt-director, from 1988 until his death in 2007. The couple lived in Los Angeles and Munich. Her previous marriage was to Harald Reinl (1954–68); she had a child by that marriage.

Dor died at a nursing home in Munich on 6 November 2017.

Selected filmography

• The Last Waltz (1953) as Extra (uncredited)
• Roses from the South (1954)
• Rose-Girl Resli (1954)
• The Great Test (1954)
• Der schweigende Engel (de) (1954) as Erika
• Ihre groβe Prüfung (1955) as Elena Clausen
• As Long as You Live (1955) as Pepita
• Santa Lucia (1956) as Manina
• Kleiner Mann - ganz groß (1957) as Meike Brauns
• Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal (de)(1957) as Daniela Kleemann
• Almerausch un Edelweiß (1957) as Maresi Meier
• Mit Eva fing die Sünde an (de)(1958) as Dinah
• Worüber man nicht spricht (1958) as Christa Riek
• Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958) as Monika
• Skandal um Dodo (1959) as Helga, die Nichte
• The Blue Sea and You (1959) as Helga Heidebrink
• A Summer You Will Never Forget(1959) as Christine von Auffenberg
• That's No Way to Land a Man(1959) as Tessy
• Die Bande des Schreckens (1960) as Nora Sanders
• The White Horse Inn (1960) as Brigette Giesecke
• The Green Archer (1960) as Valerie Howett, geb Bellamy
• Bei Pichler stimmt die Kasse nicht (de) (1961) as Anneliese
• Der Fälscher von London (1961) as Jane Clifton, geb. Leith
• Am Sonntag will mein Süsser mit mir segeln geh'n (1961) as Georgie Hagen, die Sprachstudentin
• Im schwarzen Rößl (1961) as Eva Lantz
• The Bellboy and the Playgirls(1962)
• The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (de)(1962) as Liane Martin
• Der Teppich des Grauens (de)(1962) as Ann Learner
• Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett (1962) as Barbara Holstein
• Der Schatz im Silbersee (1962) as Ellen Patterson
• Die weiße Spinne (1963) as Muriel Irvine
• The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (de) (1963) as Claridge Dorsett
• The Secret of the Black Widow(1963) as Clarisse
• Zimmer 13 (de) (1964) as Denise
• Last of the Renegades (1964) as Ribanna
• Hotel der toten Gäste (1965) as Gilly Powell
• The Last of the Mohicans (de)(1965) as Cora Munroe
• The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) as Maria Muller
• The Desperado Trail (1965)
• Io la conoscevo bene (1965) as Barbara, the lady friend of Adriana
• Der unheimliche Mönch (1965) as Gwendolin
• The Spy with Ten Faces (1966) as Helen Farheit
• Killer's Carnival (1966) as Denise (Rio segment)
• Target for Killing (1966) as Sandra Perkins
• Die Nibelungen (1966-1967) as Brunhild
• You Only Live Twice (1967) as Helga Brandt / No.11
• Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel (1967) as Baroness Lilian von Brabant
• Caroline chérie (fr) (1968) as Isabelle de Loigny
• The Valley of Death (1968) as Mabel Kingsley
• Topaz (1969) as Juanita de Cordoba
• Los Monstruos del Terror (1970) as Maleva Kerstein
• Haie an Bord (de) (1971) as Andrea Jacobs
• Only the Wind Knows the Answer(1974) as Nicole Monnier
• Warhead (1977) as Liora
• Women in Hospital (1977) as Claudias Mutter
• Dark Echo (1977) as Lisa Bruekner
• Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone (de) (1987) as Jetty
• Ich bin die Andere (de) (2006) as Frau Winter
• The Misplaced World (2015) as Rosa