Maria Marx Biography – Maria Marx Wiki
Maria Marx is a German-born actress and photographer. As an actress, she is known for Love Kills (1998) and Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975) according to IMDb. She is best known for being the ex-wife of Melvin Van Peebles who was an American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist, and composer. He was known for creating and starring in the film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. Known as the “Godfather of black cinema,” Melvin passed away at the age of 89 in New York City.
In the past, Maria was into visual arts, specifically photography. As a young couple, Maria and her husband decided to move to Europe in the late 1950s and lived for a while in Amsterdam, where Van Peebles was studying astronomy, and then moved to France where he worked as a journalist.
As a photographer, she would take pictures of her children and also wrote articles.
Maria Marx Age
She was born in 1935.
Maria Marx Husband
She was married to her ex-husband Melvin Van Peebles and they lived in Mexico for a period in the late 1950s, where her ex-husband painted portraits. They got married in 1956 but later divorced after a number of years.
Maria Marx Children
She had three children with her husband. Two sons and a daughter. Their son, actor, and director Mario Van Peebles was born while they resided in Mexico. The family subsequently returned to the United States. Mario has appeared in movies Jaws: The Revenge, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, and Red Sky. He has also starred in numerous television series including LA Law, Sonny Spoon, Rude Awakening, and All My Children.
Their daughter Megan, an actress, died in 2006. She was married to Ron Van and had two sons Ronald Jr and Roman Van. The pair had a second son, Max, also a film director and actor. He starred in the 2009 movie Whip It. All three featured in their father’s film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.
She is a grandmother of eleven grandchildren including Maya Van Peebles, Marley Van Peebles, and Mandela Van Peebles.
