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Susan Denberg

Susan Denberg
from Frankenstein Created Woman
Born
Dietlinde Zechner

(1944-08-02) 2 August 1944 (age 81)
Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany (present-day Polczyn-Zdrój, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland)
Other namesDietlinde Scotti
Occupation(s)Actress, playmate, model, dancer
Spouse
Anthony Scotti
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(m. 1965; div. 1968)​
Playboy centerfold appearance
August 1966
Preceded byTish Howard
Succeeded byDianne Chandler

Susan Denberg (born Dietlinde Zechner; 2 August 1944)[1] is a German-Austrian model and actress. Denberg has appeared on stage and in film, notably in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and other roles in the 1960s.

Early life

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Denberg was born in Bad Polzin, Germany[2] (now Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland) and raised in Klagenfurt, Austria.[3]

Career

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Zechner adopted Susan Denberg as a stage name. She became a chorus dancer and 1966 Playboy playmate (Miss August).[3] In addition, she did stage and dancing in London and Las Vegas.

In 1966, she appeared in the Star Trek episode, "Mudd's Women" (1966). Denberg's best known acting role was in the Hammer horror film, Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), opposite Peter Cushing. However, Denberg's voice in the film was dubbed, as her Austrian accent was considered too strong.

After Frankenstein Created Woman, Denberg left Hollywood and returned to Austria. Thereafter, for many years sources incorrectly reported that she had died in the late 1960s, either accidentally or through suicide. In an interview published in the July 22, 1968 edition of 'Midnight' magazine titled "LSD Wrecked My Life", Denberg admitted that since returning to Austria she had fallen into a life of alcohol and drugs, including LSD. After the birth of her son in 1971 Denberg worked as a topless waitress at an adult cinema in Vienna and later as a dancer at a Vienna nightclub called Renz. She also worked in Geneva, Switzerland.

Personal life

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Denberg married Anthony Scotti in 1965 in Las Vegas, and divorced in 1968. She had a son in 1971; the father was of Yugoslav descent. After the birth of her second child in 1976, she retired from nude dancing[4][5] and, as Dietlinde Scotti, resided in the tenth district of Vienna, Austria.[6][7]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1966 12 O'Clock High Mitzi Episode: "Back to the Drawing Board"
1966 The Wackiest Ship in the Army Maria Episode: "My Island"
1966 An American Dream Ruta Film (aka "See You in Hell, Darling")
1966 Star Trek Magda S1:E6, "Mudd's Women"
1967 Frankenstein Created Woman Christina Cleeve Hammer film

References

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  1. ^ "Playboy data sheet". Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b Bello, Nino L. (September 24, 1972). "The Return of Susan Denberg". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, CA. p. 208. Retrieved May 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ https://www.vintag.es/2019/04/susan-denberg.html
  5. ^ https://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/girls-of-summer-susan-denberg-miss-august-1966/
  6. ^ "Susan Denberg - the Private Life and Times of Susan Denberg. Susan Denberg Pictures". glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  7. ^ Lisanti, Tom (2007-09-25). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. ISBN 9780786431724.
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