Nadiuska

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Smid and the second or maternal family name is Honczar.

Nadiuska
Born	Roswithka Bertasha Smid Honczar (1952-01-19) January 19, 1952 Schierling, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	1972-1998
Spouse	Fernando Montalbán Sánchez (1973-1981) (annulled)
Parents	Emiliam Honczar (father) Maruschka Nadlovska (mother)

Roswithka Bertasha Smid Honczar (born January 19, 1952) is a former German model and actress who became a well-known celebrity in Spain during the 1970s, under the stage name Nadiuska.

Biography

Born in 1952 in Schierling to a Polish mother and a Russian father, both jewish, she moved to Barcelona in 1971 and her career rapidly took off. She appeared in a number of sex comedies over the next decade, and appeared nude in Playboy magazine. She played Conan's mother in the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Conan the Barbarian. She co-starred with Spanish horror star Paul Naschy in his science fiction film The People Who Own The Dark. Years later she was committed to a psychiatric ward with schizophrenia.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Timanfaya (Amor prohibido)	La italiana	Uncredited
1972	Soltero y padre en la vida	Gunilla
1973	La redada	Romy	Uncredited
1973	Lo verde empieza en los Pirineos	Paula - la camarera
1973	Manolo, la nuit	Ingrid
1974	Vida conyugal sana	Nati
1974	El chulo	Isabel
1974	Señora doctor	Lucía
1974	Chicas de alquiler	Marta
1974	Polvo eres...	Rocio Corrales 'La Nodo'
1974	Tarzán en las minas del rey Salomón	Doris	co-starring Paul Naschy
1974	Perversión	Marisa
1975	Una abuelita de antes de la guerra	Nina
1975	Un lujo a su alcance	Pili
1975	Zorrita Martinez	Zorrita
1975	Spanish Fly	Julie
1976	El señor está servido	Laly
1976	La amante perfecta	Lina Rey
1976	Beatriz	Basilisa
1976	The People Who Own the Dark	Clara
1976	La muerte ronda a Mónica	Mónica / Federico's wife
1976	Desnuda inquietud	María / Daughter
1977	Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them	María
1977	Chely	Pepi
1977	The More It Goes, the Less It Goes	Zuka
1978	Mi mujer no es mi señora	María
1978	Suave, cariño, muy suave	Eva
1979	Guyana: Crime of the Century	Leslie Stevens
1979	7 ragazze di classe	Merche
1980	La noche viene movida
1980	Challenge of the Tiger	Maria
1981	Buitres sobre la ciudad	Denise Marciano
1981	Las siete cucas	Julita
1982	Conan the Barbarian	Conan's Mother
1982	Othello, the Black Commando	Emily
1983	La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros	Milady de Winter
1983	El violador violado	Alicia
1984	La de Troya en el Palmar	Ana
1990	Seducción mortal	Patri
1993	El tío del saco y el inspector Lobatón	Alicia
1997	Brácula. Condemor II	Baronesa
1998	Las dudas de Judas y Maria Magdalena	Maria Magdalena

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-59811-492-2.

External links

• Nadiuska at IMDb