Mary Roos

Acting • Born 1949-01-09

Acting1Bingen, Germany

Biography

Mary Roos (born Rosemarie Schwab on 9 January 1949) is a German singer and actress. Schwab was born in Bingen. At the age of nine, she recorded her first song "Ja die Dicken sind ja so gemütlich" as Die kleine Rosemarie. It was no major commercial success. In 1958, she also appeared in the film Die Straße. Over the following years she would release many records and she also appeared in many singing competitions. Her first chart success came in 1965, when the single "Geh nicht den Weg" peaked at #36. In 1969, she took part in the Grand Prix RTL International with the song "Die Legende der Liebe". The same year, she reached the single charts again – "Das hat die Welt noch nicht erlebt" peaked at #19. Her first major was achieved in 1970 with the song "Arizona Man". It peaked at #9 in the single charts and remains her only top ten hit to date. The same year, she took part in the German national final for the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. She was chosen to take part in the last minute – Edina Pop had to withdraw from the competition as she fell ill and Mary Roos was chosen to sing "Bei jedem Kuss" instead. She finished joint second among the six participants; nevertheless, the song was never recorded. In the early 1970s, Roos got her own TV show on German television. At the same time, she tried to start a career in France, where she played the lead role in the musical Un enfant dans la ville next to Michel Fugain but only had a couple of popular hits with "L'Autoroute", "Amour Toujours", "Je C'est I, Tu C'Est You", "L'Amour En Blue Jean" and "Les Petits Soldats". In 1972, she entered the German national final for the Eurovision Song Contest the second time. With her song "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" she finished second after the first round of voting only one point behind Cindy & Bert but got the overall victory after the second round of voting. After the reprise of the winning song, she was booed off stage and her victory caused a stir in Germany as she was not the winner of the first round of voting and because of her mediocre vocal performance. In a later interview, she stated that she did not expect to win at all and that she was already removing her make-up when she was called back on stage. However, at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 in Edinburgh, she finished third. The song was a hit in Germany peaking at #17 in the single charts. Throughout the 1970s she kept releasing singles and albums and was a frequent guest in music shows, although she did not have any more major hits. In 1975, she took part in the German national final again and finished third with "Eine Liebe ist wie ein Lied". Her fourth participation in the national final took place in 1982, where she competed among others against her then husband Werner Böhm. She performed the duet "Lady" with David Hanselmann and finished sixth out of the twelve participants, however, the song was commercially the second most successful one of the year. In 1982, she covered F. R. David's song "Words". ... Source: Article "Mary Roos" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

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Mary Roos - Eine von hier

Movie • 2020

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Mary Roos & Wolfgang Trepper - Die Geschichte des Deutschen Schlagers

Movie • 2019

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Sperrbezirk

Movie • 1966

Sängerin

TV • 2012

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DAS!

TV • 1991

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

TV • 1975

TV • 2006

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Disco

TV • 1971

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Musik ist Trumpf

TV • 1975

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Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen

TV • 2017

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Dagmar Berghoffs Wunschkonzert

TV • 2001

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Ein Kessel Buntes

TV • 1972

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Alles Nichts Oder?!

TV • 1988

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Baden-Badener Roulette

TV • 1971

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Plattenküche

TV • 1976

TV • 1997

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Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich?

TV • 1972

TV • 2019

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Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

TV • 1969

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Die Montagsmaler

TV • 1974

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Musik aus Studio B

TV • 1961

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Musik liegt in der Luft

TV • 1991

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Starparade

TV • 1968

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Die Pyramide

TV • 1979

Self - Musician

Musikalische Reise

TV • 2010

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Musik liegt in der Luft

TV • 1991

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Gefragt – Gewußt – Gewonnen

TV • 1985

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Cadet Rousselle

TV • 1971

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Goldene Kamera

TV • 1984

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Die Promi-Küche – Kochspaß mit Dirk Bach

TV • 2006

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Schlager einer Stadt

TV • 2015

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Schlagerparty mit Ross Antony

TV • 2015

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Wer weiß denn sowas?

TV • 2015

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Die ZDF-Hitparade

TV • 1969

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Die ultimative Chartshow

TV • 2003

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Zum blauen Bock

TV • 1957

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Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

TV • 2004

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ZDF-Fernsehgarten

TV • 1986

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Popclub

TV • 2002

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Quizduell

TV • 2014

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Volle Kanne

TV • 1999

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Zimmer frei!

TV • 1996

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Show Palast

TV • 1999

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Show-Express

TV • 1980

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Eurovision Song Contest

TV • 1956

Système 2

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Versteckte Kamera

TV • 1995

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Weihnachten auf Gut Aiderbichl

TV • 2003

TV • 1996

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Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen

TV • 1994

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Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz

TV • 2010

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Bettys Beat-Box-Haus

TV • 1968

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Abendschau

TV • 2000

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Musikantenstadl

TV • 1981

TV • 1956

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