Kim Schmidt(1946-1978)

Actress
Script and Continuity Department

Three weeks after her marriage to actor Gig Young, Schmidt was found dead in their apartment - the victim of an apparent murder-suicide. Young's Oscar was found near their bodies. No information about why the murder-suicide occurred, but it was obvious that Young was suffering from the many complications of his alcoholism.

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Known for

Game of Death

5.9

Blonde Script Girl on 'Way of the Dragon' & 'Fist of Fury' Set(uncredited)

1978

The Boys in Company C

6.9

Script and Continuity Department

1978

Credits

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Actress

Game of Death
5.9
- Blonde Script Girl on 'Way of the Dragon' & 'Fist of Fury' Set (uncredited)
- 1978
Spectre
5.8
TV Movie
- Police Woman (uncredited)
- 1977

Script and Continuity Department

Game of Death
5.9
- script supervisor
- 1978
The Boys in Company C
6.9
- script girl
- 1978

Personal details

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Born
- November 30, 1946
- Schwalmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Died
- October 19, 1978
- New York City, New York, USA(homicide)
Spouse
- Gig YoungSeptember 27, 1978 - October 19, 1978 (her death)

Did you know

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Trivia
Apparently shot & killed by her husband of three weeks, Gig Young who then turned the gun on himself. He was nearly 65, she was 31 years old, born in 1947.