medical doctor, actress, book author
Dr. Marianne Koch, born in 1931, interrupted her medical studies temporarily for a successful movie career (German "Bundesfilmpreis 1955"). Later she came back to it and settled as a specialist for Internal Medicine in 1985. Besides she worked as moderator of productions like ›III nach 9‹, ›Club 2‹ and ›MEDIZIN MAGAZIN‹, as well as author of popular scientific series in magazines.
Marianne Koch has received several awards for medial
communication in Medicine
and lives near Munich/Bavaria/Germany.
Her books (click on cover for pdf file to read samples!):
See a portrait of her publisher dtv (German)
Biographic data:
| 19 August 1931 | born in Munich as daughter of a businessman and a pianist |
| 1941 | making theater and goign to "Opernschule" |
| 1955 | interruption of medical studies and starting career as actress |
| 1955 | "Bundesfilmpreis" and "Bambi" for movie with Curd Jürgens in "Des Teufels General" |
| important movies and partners | "Vater sein dagegen sehr" mit Heinz Rühmann oder "Die Landärztin" |
| TV | "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" and "Don Giovanni" or crime films or series "Die Journalistin" |
| 1975 to 1981 | Talk-Show "III nach Neun" later got the "Grimme-Preis" |
| "Club 2" | |
| "Was bin ich?" Quiz-show until 1988 | |
| 1973 | going back to medicine |
| 1985 | specialization Internal Medicine |
| 1997 | President of the "Deutschen Schmerzliga" (German pain liga) |