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person_profile-Katalin Karády

Katalin Karády Died at age: 79

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Katalin Karády

Date of Birth:

Dec 08, 1910

Country of birth:

Hungary

Died:

Feb 08, 1990

Biography of

Katalin Karády

    Katalin Karády (December 8, 1910, Budapest - February 8, 1990, New York) was a Hungarian actress and singer. A leading actress in Hungarian movies made between 1939–1945, she is best known outside Hungary as an awardee of the Righteous among the Nations honorific for rescuing a number of Hungarian Jews.

    She started acting in 1936, taking classes from Ernő Tarnay, and Artúr Bárdos. After gaining the attention of journalist Zoltán Egyed in a bar in Buda (who also proposed the name Karády) she was introduced to Ilona Aczél, a former actress, in whose acting school she learned the basics of the profession in the following three years, including singing. Karády's first performance was at the end of the 30s, in the Joób Dániel theatre. Between 1931 and 1941, she appeared in the Pesti and Vígszínház theatre in various roles.

    Her first movie role, Halálos Tavasz (Deadly Spring) gave her instant fame as a diva and sex-symbol, supported by her unusual, humming voice, and "femme fatale" character. In the next nine years, she appeared in 20 movies. Zoltán Egyed became her manager, and successfully created a Hollywood-like image around her, as a result, thousands of fans tried to mimic her clothing, hairstyle and behavior throughout the country. Karády's personal life was a constant topic of gossip, conflicting rumors came and gone about she being a man-eater, or lesbian. The theories were stirred up even more as she had intimate relationship with Regent Miklós Horthy's chief of secret service, István Ujszászy, who also proposed her, and bought her a villa.

    The 2001 film Hamvadó Cigarettavég by Péter Bacsó is dedicated to her memory. In 2004, for her courageous acts during World War II, she received the posthumous Righteous medal from the Yad Vashem Institute.

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Katalin Karády

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Filmography of

Katalin Karády

Found 11 Movies in total

... 1944

... 1943

Taming the Shrew

Benedek Pálma ( Actor )

... 1943

Egy szív megáll

Anna ( Actor )

... 1942

The Challenge

Mariya ( Actor )

... 1942

Sirius

Actor

... 1942

... 1942

A Bowl of Lentils

Horváth Margit ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

... 1940

Deadly Spring

Ralben Edit ( Actor )

... 1939