Clara Tabody (born Klára Lívia Thurmayer) (1915–1986) was a Hungarian actress, singer and dancer. She starred in both the stage version of the operetta '' Mask in Blue'' and its 1943 film adaptation. She worked for many years in Germany where at one point the studio

Tobis Film Tobis Film was a German film production and film distribution company. Founded in the late 1920s as a merger of several companies involved in the switch from silent to sound films, the organisation emerged as a leading German sound studio. Tob ...

briefly tried to build her up as a rival to her fellow Hungarian

Marika Rökk Marika Rökk (; born Marie Karoline Rökk, 3 November 1913 – 16 May 2004) was a German-Austrian dancer, singer and actress of Hungarian descent who gained prominence in German films in the Nazi era. She resumed her career in 1947 and was one of ...

, then working for

UFA Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ...

.Noack p.202 After marrying an Italian she principally settled in that country. Her sister

Ida Turay Ida Turay (Born Ida Turmayer; 28 September 1907 – 2 June 1997) was a Hungarian film actress. She was the sister of the actress and singer Clara Tabody. Selected filmography * ''Prisoner Number Seven'' (1929) * '' The New Relative'' (1934) * ...

was also an actress, known for her starring roles in Hungarian films.

Selected filmography

* '' The Carnival Is Here Again'' (1937) * ''

The Hussar Captain ''The Hussar Captain'' or ''Captain of the Hussars'' (Italian: ''Il capitano degli ussari'') is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Sándor Szlatinay and starring Clara Tabody, Enrico Viarisio and Pina Gallini. It was made at the Fert Studi ...

'' (1940) * ''

Bravo Acrobat! ''Bravo Acrobat!'' (german: Akrobat Schööön!) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Charlie Rivel, Clara Tabody, and Karl Schönböck. A circus clown rises to stardom. The film was loosely based on the Spa ...

'' (1943) * '' Mask in Blue'' (1943)

References

Bibliography

* Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

* 1915 births 1986 deaths Actresses from Budapest Hungarian expatriates in Germany Hungarian emigrants to Italy Hungarian film actresses 20th-century Hungarian women singers {{Hungary-bio-stub