Tilda Thamar (born Matilde Sofía Margarita Abrecht; 7 December 1921 – 12 April 1989) was an Argentine actor. She was born in
Entre Rios Province, Argentina, in 1921.
BFI - Film & TV Database
/ref> She was married to Spanish portrait painter Alejo Vidal-Quadras and divorced in 1971. Thamar and Vidal-Quadras lived in Paris
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, France
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. Thamar was killed in a car accident in Clermont-en-Argonne
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, Meuse
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, in the Lorraine region of France in 1989.
Selected filmography
* ''Encadenado
''Encadenado'' is a Argentine films of 1940, 1940 Argentina, Argentine film. It was filmed in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina and directed by Enrique de Rosas.
Cast
* Alita Román as Elena
* Enrique de Rosas as Leandro Lozano
* Ernes ...
'' (1940)
* ''Wake Up to Life
''Wake Up to Life'' (Spanish:''Despertar a la vida'') is a 1945 Argentine drama film directed by Mario Soffici and starring Elisa Christian Galvé, Roberto Airaldi and Francisco de Paula. de Paula won a Silver Condor award for his performance.H ...
'' (1945)
* '' A Model from Paris'' (1946)
* ''White Horse Inn
''The White Horse Inn'' (or ''White Horse Inn'') (German title: ''Im weißen Rößl''
)
is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salz ...
'' (1948)
* ''Night Round
''Night Round'' (French: ''Ronde de nuit'') is a 1949 French crime film directed by François Campaux and starring Tilda Thamar, Julien Carette and Noël Roquevert.Rège p.168
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert.
...
'' (1949)
* '' The Red Angel'' (1949)
* ''Oriental Port
''Oriental Port'' (French: ''Porte d'orient'') is a 1950 French crime film directed by Jacques Daroy and starring Yves Vincent, Tilda Thamar and Nathalie Nattier. It is about a group of smugglers operating out of Marseille. It is based on a no ...
'' (1950)
* ''Devil's Roundup
''Devil's Roundup'' (Spanish:''El cerco del diablo'') is a 1952 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio del Amo, Enrique Gómez, Edgar Neville, José Antonio Nieves Conde and Arturo Ruiz Castillo.Betz p.248
Cast
* Fernando Aguirre as Pescador ...
'' (1952)
* ''Massacre in Lace
''Massacre in Lace'' (French: ''Massacre en dentelles'') is a 1952 French comedy crime film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Raymond Rouleau, Anne Vernon and Tilda Thamar. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's s ...
'' (1952)
* '' The Woman with the Orchid'' (1952)
* ''The Blonde Gypsy
''The Blonde Gypsy'' (French: ''La caraque blonde'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Tilda Thamar, Roger Pigaut and Gérard Landry.Pallister & Hottell p.78
Cast
* Tilda Thamar as Myra Milagros
* Roger ...
'' (1953)
* '' Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster'' (1953)
* '' Maid in Paris'' (1956)
* ''Paris, Palace Hotel
''Paris, Palace Hotel'' is a 1956 French-Italian romantic comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul and Tilda Thamar.Parish p.61
It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's ...
'' (1956)
* ''The Babes in the Secret Service
''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (French: ''Les pépées au service secret'') is a 1956 French comedy thriller film directed by Raoul André and starring Claudine Dupuis, Louise Carletti and Tilda Thamar. Rège 16 The film's sets were designe ...
'' (1956)
* ''A Bomb for a Dictator
''A Bomb for a Dictator'' or ''The Fanatics'' (French: ''Les fanatiques'') is a 1957 French thriller film directed by Alex Joffé and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair and Tilda Thamar. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.158 It was shot at the Boulogn ...
'' (1957)
* ''A Night at the Moulin Rouge
''A Night at the Moulin Rouge'' (French: ''Une nuit au Moulin-Rouge'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by Jean-Claude Roy and starring Tilda Thamar, Noël Roquevert and Jean Tissier.St. Pierre p.209 Much of the film is portrayed as taking pla ...
'' (1957)
* '' The Singer from Mexico'' (1957)
* ''Friends and Neighbours
''Friends and Neighbours'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Arthur Askey, Megs Jenkins and Peter Illing.
Plot
At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from ...
'' (1959)
* ''Living It Up
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The film was directed by Norman Taurog and produced by Paul Jones. The screenplay by Jack Rose and Melville Shavels ...
'' (1966)
* '' Faceless'' (1987)
References
External links
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1921 births
1989 deaths
Argentine film actresses
Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery
Road incident deaths in France
20th-century Argentine actresses
Argentine expatriates in France
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