Margit Saad was a famous German actress who made her screen debut in the British drama film The Criminal and followed up with appearances in other British films and television programmes like The Rebel with Tony Hancock, Playback (1962), an early entry in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of second features, The Saint in The Saint Sees It Through (1964) and The Magnificent Two (1967) supporting Morecambe and Wise.
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‘The Saint’ TV – 1963 – The Saint Sees it Through –
Margit Saad
‘The Saint’ TV Series – 1963 –
The Saint goes to Hamburg undercover to intercept a ring of art smugglers. The focus of the ring seems to be Tante Ada’s night-club where the star vocalist, Lili, is an ex-girlfriend of the Saint. She is a patient of the sinister Dr. Zellermann, clearly a leading light in the gang. The good doctor pretends to befriend the Saint, aware that the Saint has recently broken into his office looking for clues. He traps the Saint by getting him to admit this fact whilst being overheard by the police and the Saint is consequently arrested.Time is running out for him to see it through and bring the smugglers to book.
She was known for several movies and TV shows including Behind Monastery Walls, Southern Nights, If I Only Have Your Love, The Gypsy Baron, Marriage Sanitarium, Three Girls from the Rhine, Three Birch Trees on the Heath, A Piece of Heaven, Paradise for Sailors, The Last Escape, and more.
Saad died of natural causes at the age of 94. She was best known for mainly working in German film and television with occasional English-language appearances. She was survived by her son, Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle, and was formerly married to French actor Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
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