Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill, born Marianna Schwarzkopf, is an American stage and screen actress mostly working in American television. Her initial acting experience came when she was an apprentice at the Laguna Playhouse and later as an actress at the La Jolla Playhouse. She is a life member of The Actors Studio. She has appeared in more than 70 feature films and television episodes. She co-starred in the Elvis Presley film Paradise, Hawaiian Style in 1966 as Lani Kaimana; the Clint Eastwood film High Plains Drifter as Callie Travers in 1973; and in The Godfather II as Deanna Dunn-Corleone.

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High Plains Drifter (1973)

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Verna Bloom  •  Marianna Hill  •  Mitchell Ryan

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Verna Bloom  •  Marianna Hill  •  Mitchell Ryan

The Godfather Part II (1974)

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In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Robert Duvall  •  Diane Keaton  •  Robert De Niro

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Robert Duvall  •  Diane Keaton  •  Robert De Niro

Medium Cool (1969)

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haskell Wexler
CAST:  Robert Forster  •  Verna Bloom  •  Peter Bonerz  •  Marianna Hill

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haskell Wexler
CAST:  Robert Forster  •  Verna Bloom  •  Peter Bonerz  •  Marianna Hill

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

Blacklisted by the major airlines for endlessly chasing female staff, pilot Rick Richards returns to Hawaii to set up a helicopter charter company with his friend Danny. Having a girl on every island is a good way to get business but it becomes clear that romance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael D. Moore
CAST:  Elvis Presley  •  Suzanna Leigh  •  James Shigeta  •  Marianna Hill

Blacklisted by the major airlines for endlessly chasing female staff, pilot Rick Richards returns to Hawaii to set up a helicopter charter company with his friend Danny. Having a girl on every island is a good way to get business but it becomes clear that romance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael D. Moore
CAST:  Elvis Presley  •  Suzanna Leigh  •  James Shigeta  •  Marianna Hill

Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers (1974)

Two young men wanting to make a porno movie raise money from their family and friends by claiming that they're making a religious film. Complications ensue when the porno is a hit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Marsh
CAST:  Frank Calcanini  •  Michael Pataki  •  Mike Kellin  •  Tom Signorelli

Two young men wanting to make a porno movie raise money from their family and friends by claiming that they're making a religious film. Complications ensue when the porno is a hit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Marsh
CAST:  Frank Calcanini  •  Michael Pataki  •  Mike Kellin  •  Tom Signorelli

The New Interns (1964)

Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rich
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Dean Jones  •  Telly Savalas  •  Stefanie Powers

Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rich
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Dean Jones  •  Telly Savalas  •  Stefanie Powers

The Astral Factor (1978)

Demonstrating that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, a convicted strangler studies the paranormal and finds a way to render himself invisible. Once he escapes, he sets out to find and eliminate five women who remind him of the mother he murdered. A police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Fowler Jr.  •  John Florea  •  Arthur C. Pierce
CAST:  Robert Foxworth  •  Stefanie Powers  •  Sue Lyon  •  Mark Slade

Demonstrating that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, a convicted strangler studies the paranormal and finds a way to render himself invisible. Once he escapes, he sets out to find and eliminate five women who remind him of the mother he murdered. A police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Fowler Jr.  •  John Florea  •  Arthur C. Pierce
CAST:  Robert Foxworth  •  Stefanie Powers  •  Sue Lyon  •  Mark Slade

The Traveling Executioner (1970)

Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Smight
CAST:  Stacy Keach  •  Bud Cort  •  Marianna Hill  •  Graham Jarvis

Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Smight
CAST:  Stacy Keach  •  Bud Cort  •  Marianna Hill  •  Graham Jarvis

El Condor (1970)

Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within. Written ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Jim Brown  •  Lee Van Cleef  •  Patrick O'Neal  •  Marianna Hill

Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within. Written ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Jim Brown  •  Lee Van Cleef  •  Patrick O'Neal  •  Marianna Hill

Blood Beach (1980)

Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Bloom
CAST:  David Huffman  •  Marianna Hill  •  Burt Young  •  John Saxon

Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Bloom
CAST:  David Huffman  •  Marianna Hill  •  Burt Young  •  John Saxon

Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On (1973)

David Janssen plays Harry Orwell, a retired L.A. cop who was shot during a robbery and whose partner was killed in the incident. Harry is in constant pain due to the bullet lodged near his spine, but he works off and on as a private detective to supplement his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Thorpe
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Martin Sheen  •  Sal Mineo  •  Margot Kidder

David Janssen plays Harry Orwell, a retired L.A. cop who was shot during a robbery and whose partner was killed in the incident. Harry is in constant pain due to the bullet lodged near his spine, but he works off and on as a private detective to supplement his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Thorpe
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Martin Sheen  •  Sal Mineo  •  Margot Kidder

The Baby (1973)

A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. The problem is, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Post
CAST:  Anjanette Comer  •  Ruth Roman  •  Marianna Hill  •  Susanne Zenor

A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. The problem is, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Post
CAST:  Anjanette Comer  •  Ruth Roman  •  Marianna Hill  •  Susanne Zenor

Death at Love House (1976)

Donna and Joel Gregory are staying at the estate of Lorna Love while researching a book about the long dead Hollywood goddess. Joel, whose father had a passionate affair with Lorna, becomes obsessed with her. His wife attempts to break the spell which threatens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Robert Wagner  •  Kate Jackson  •  John Carradine  •  Sylvia Sidney

Donna and Joel Gregory are staying at the estate of Lorna Love while researching a book about the long dead Hollywood goddess. Joel, whose father had a passionate affair with Lorna, becomes obsessed with her. His wife attempts to break the spell which threatens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Robert Wagner  •  Kate Jackson  •  John Carradine  •  Sylvia Sidney

Roustabout (1964)

After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rich
CAST:  Elvis Presley  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Leif Erickson  •  Joan Freeman

After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rich
CAST:  Elvis Presley  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Leif Erickson  •  Joan Freeman

Black Zoo (1963)

Michael Conrad, owner of a group of strange animals, trains his beasts to obey him, unleashing them on anyone who stands in his way. His wife and mute assistant begin to suspect that they too are becoming part of the black zoo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Gordon
CAST:  Michael Gough  •  Jeanne Cooper  •  Rod Lauren  •  Virginia Grey

Michael Conrad, owner of a group of strange animals, trains his beasts to obey him, unleashing them on anyone who stands in his way. His wife and mute assistant begin to suspect that they too are becoming part of the black zoo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Gordon
CAST:  Michael Gough  •  Jeanne Cooper  •  Rod Lauren  •  Virginia Grey

Married Too Young (1962)

Two high-school sweethearts get married, then find that married life isn't what they thought it would be. In their desperation, they get mixed up with a gang of car thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Moskov
CAST:  Harold Lloyd Jr.  •  Jana Lund  •  Anthony Dexter  •  Trudy Marshall

Two high-school sweethearts get married, then find that married life isn't what they thought it would be. In their desperation, they get mixed up with a gang of car thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Moskov
CAST:  Harold Lloyd Jr.  •  Jana Lund  •  Anthony Dexter  •  Trudy Marshall

Schizoid (1980)

When Dr. Peter Fales's patients start getting annihilated by an unknown serial killer, he and his daughter Alison both come under suspicion. Julie, a syndicated “Dear Abby”-style columnist, is in one of Dr. Fales's therapy groups. After she receives several ominous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Paulsen
CAST:  Klaus Kinski  •  Donna Wilkes  •  Marianna Hill  •  Craig Wasson

When Dr. Peter Fales's patients start getting annihilated by an unknown serial killer, he and his daughter Alison both come under suspicion. Julie, a syndicated “Dear Abby”-style columnist, is in one of Dr. Fales's therapy groups. After she receives several ominous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Paulsen
CAST:  Klaus Kinski  •  Donna Wilkes  •  Marianna Hill  •  Craig Wasson

Red Line 7000 (1965)

The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  James Caan  •  Laura Devon  •  Gail Hire  •  Charlene Holt

The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  James Caan  •  Laura Devon  •  Gail Hire  •  Charlene Holt

Thumb Tripping (1972)

Gary and Shay are two happy-go-lucky flower children who hitchhike in the beautiful Big Sur-Monterey area of California.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Masters
CAST:  Meg Foster  •  Michael Burns  •  Bruce Dern  •  Marianna Hill

Gary and Shay are two happy-go-lucky flower children who hitchhike in the beautiful Big Sur-Monterey area of California.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Masters
CAST:  Meg Foster  •  Michael Burns  •  Bruce Dern  •  Marianna Hill

Messiah of Evil (1973)

A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willard Huyck  •  Gloria Katz
CAST:  Michael Greer  •  Marianna Hill  •  Joy Bang  •  Anitra Ford

A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willard Huyck  •  Gloria Katz
CAST:  Michael Greer  •  Marianna Hill  •  Joy Bang  •  Anitra Ford
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