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Renate Hoy is a Actor Allemande born on 31 december 1930 at Ludwigshafen (German)
Renate Hoy, also credited as Renate Huy and Erika Nordin, (born in Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Germany) was a German actress. After winning the title of Miss Nürnberg, she was crowned Miss Germany of 1952. She then traveled to the United States to represent her country in the first Miss Universe contest, which was held in Long Beach, California where she placed fifth that is fourth runner up.
Shortly thereafter, she became a contract player for Universal Studios and made several movies during the 1950s. She was in such films as Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Missile to the Moon, The Golden Blade, The Birds and the Bees, The Sea Chase, A Certain Smile, and had a leading role in the classic German film Schloß Hubertus (1954).
In 1954, she married actor Brett Halsey. They had two children, son Charles Oliver Hand (a.k.a. Rock Bottom of the notorious L.A. punk band Rock Bottom and the Spys) and daughter Tracy Leigh. They divorced in 1959. Hoy's son was murdered in prison.
Following a contentious actor's strike (which was resolved by then SAG president Ronald Reagan and the studios, and resulted in a contract known as "The Great Giveaway"), Renate retired from acting. She eventually got re-married to a prominent trial attorney Raymond C. Simpson. The couple had one child Richard James Simpson. This child was later known as 'Richard James' while he was in the bands Invisiblechains with Carla Bozulich singer; and Teardrain with bassist Jill Emery. Renate currently resides in Southern California.
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Renate Hoy
Shortly thereafter, she became a contract player for Universal Studios and made several movies during the 1950s. She was in such films as Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Missile to the Moon, The Golden Blade, The Birds and the Bees, The Sea Chase, A Certain Smile, and had a leading role in the classic German film Schloß Hubertus (1954).
In 1954, she married actor Brett Halsey. They had two children, son Charles Oliver Hand (a.k.a. Rock Bottom of the notorious L.A. punk band Rock Bottom and the Spys) and daughter Tracy Leigh. They divorced in 1959. Hoy's son was murdered in prison.
Following a contentious actor's strike (which was resolved by then SAG president Ronald Reagan and the studios, and resulted in a contract known as "The Great Giveaway"), Renate retired from acting. She eventually got re-married to a prominent trial attorney Raymond C. Simpson. The couple had one child Richard James Simpson. This child was later known as 'Richard James' while he was in the bands Invisiblechains with Carla Bozulich singer; and Teardrain with bassist Jill Emery. Renate currently resides in Southern California.
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The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron, Renate Hoy, Marcel Dalio, Cesare Danova, Conrad Nagel
Roles French Singer (uncredited)
Rating44%
Willie Bauche, a Hollywood producer, becomes so obsessed with turning his wife, Ann Garantier, into the sexiest star in Hollywood that he neglects her real needs. Feeling lonely and tired of Tinseltown, Ann returns to her native France and finds herself attracted to Marco Ranieri, a handsome and very attentive pilot. When Willie hears about the budding affair, he flies into a rage and hires assassins to kill his rival. Unfortunately for him, the killers are romantics and decide that Ann and Marco are so in love that both must die so they can be together always. When Willie finds out, he rushes over to France to try and save his wife.
A Certain Smile (1958)
, 1h44Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Rossano Brazzi, Joan Fontaine, Christine Carrère, Bradford Dillman, Eduard Franz, Katherine Locke
Roles Mademoiselle Minot (uncredited)
Rating57%
In Paris, beautiful Dominique Vallon is involved with a young man, Bertrand Griot, until suddenly entering into an unwise week-long romance with his wealthy and married uncle, Luc Ferrand.
Missile to the Moon (1958)
, 1h18Directed by Richard E. Cunha
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Space opera, Sur la Lune, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, K. T. Stevens, Tommy Cook, Renate Hoy, Gary Clarke
Roles Moon Girl
Rating40%
Two escaped convicts, Gary (Tommy Cook) and Lon (Gary Clarke), are discovered hiding aboard a rocket by scientist Dirk Green (Michael Whalen), who then forces them to pilot the spaceship to the Moon. Dirk, who is secretly a Moon man, wants to return home.
The Birds and the Bees (1956)
, 1h34Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films about marriage
Actors George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven, Reginald Gardiner, Fred Clark, Harry Bellaver
Roles Countess Von Lindorff
Rating53%
George "Hotsy" Hamilton (George Gobel), a very eligible but naive vegetarian heir to a meat-packing fortune, returns home to Connecticut by luxury cruise ship, accompanied by Marty Kennedy (Harry Bellaver), his valet, guardian and best friend, after spending three years together on a scientific expedition in the Belgian Congo looking for a rare snake. On board, the woman-shy George attracts a lot of attention from the opposite sex, despite being the consummate milque-toast, but the one he can't avoid is Jean Harris (Mitzi Gaynor), a beautiful con artist travelling with her equally larcenous father, Colonel Patrick Henry "Handsome Harry" Harris (David Niven), and his partner-in-crime Gerald (Reginald Gardiner).
Border River (1954)
, 1h20Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendáriz, Alfonso Bedoya, Howard Petrie, Renate Hoy
Roles Annina Strasser (as Erika Nordin)
Rating60%
Pendant la Guerre de Sécession, Clete Mattson arrive à Zona Libre, un petit territoire de l'autre côté du fleuve qui forme frontière avec les États-Unis. Administré par le général Calleja, il constitue un sanctuaire pour les hors-la-loi. Mattson voudrait acheter des armes pour la Confédération.
Hubertus Castle (1954)
Directed by Helmut Weiss
Genres Drama
Actors Friedrich Domin, Marianne Koch, Heinz Baumann, Lil Dagover, Michael Heltau, Paul Richter
Roles Anna Herweg
Rating53%
, 1h17Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Space opera, Buddy films, Venus in film
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, Dudley Dickerson, Robert Paige, Martha Hyer
Roles Handmaiden (as Renate Huy) (as Miss Germany)
Rating58%
Orville (Lou Costello) is the oldest orphan at the Hideaway Orphans Home. He accidentally winds up inside a truck heading to a top-secret laboratory, where he is placed under the guidance of lab worker Lester (Bud Abbott) to help load supplies onto a rocket ship. While on board with Lester, Orville hits the ignition button and the rocket blasts off, flying across the country to New Orleans, where Mardi Gras is in progress. They exit the ship and witness "hideous creatures", which are actually costumed celebrants, and conclude that they have landed on Mars.
The Golden Blade (1953)
, 1h17Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Gene Evans, George Macready, Guy Williams, Kathleen Hughes
Rating56%
The movie opens with a raging desert battle between the cities of Basra and Baghdad, during which Harun's (Rock Hudson)father, Basran is fatally wounded. Before he dies, he gives his son a medallion he has pulled from his killer's neck, and urges him to somehow end the senseless killings.