Sunnyi Melles (born 7 October 1958 in

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) is a Hungarian /

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Biography

She is the only daughter of Austrian orchestral conductor

Carl Melles Carl Melles (born Melles Károly; 15 July 1926 – 25 April 2004) was an Austrian orchestral conductor of Hungarian descent. Personal life He married Hungarian noblewoman Judith von Rohonczy (1929–2001), daughter of an actress, Ila Lóth. Th ...

and Hungarian noblewoman Judith von Rohonczy (1929-2001), an actress, daughter of actress

Ila Lóth Ila Lóth, born: ''Mária Rónai'' (28 May 1900 – 21 September 1975) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1918 and 1973. She was born in Budapest, Hungary (Austria-Hungary) and died in Budapest. In 1923, she marri ...

. Since 1993, she has been married to Prince Peter of

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was a county of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, comprising the lands of the region of Sayn. It was created as a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein in 1607, although it was not until the next year that it obtained fully the Co ...

(b. 1954), son of photographer

Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn Marianne, Dowager Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn,In 1919 royalty and nobility lost their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the surname, according tArticle 109of the Weimar Constitution ...

. They have a son and a daughter: * Constantin Victor Ludwig, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1994) * Leonille Elisabeth Judith Maria Anna, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1996).https://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00304197&tree=LEO

Selected filmography

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'' (2004), as Ella *' (2012), as Franziska Schnidt *' (2013, TV miniseries), as Ottilie Schadt *''

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'' (2015), as Liane Rauchensteiner *'' Der Bauer zu Nathal'' (2018) *'' Kaisersturz'' as German Empress

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* German television actresses Austrian film actresses Austrian stage actresses Austrian television actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses 21st-century Austrian actresses 1958 births Living people German film actresses German stage actresses People from Luxembourg City 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses German people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Luxembourgian people of Hungarian descent {{Germany-tv-actor-stub