Maria von Tasnady (16 November 1911 – 16 March 2001) was a Hungarian singer,

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and film actress. She was born as Mária Tasnádi Fekete and used a variety of other professional names including Maria De Tasnady during her career. Von Tasnady was born to ethnically Hungarian parents in

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when it was still part of

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. Following its transfer to

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after

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, she emigrated to

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. She was the Hungarian entrant at the 1931 Miss Europe contest, losing out to the French winner. Moving to

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, she made her film debut in 1932. Von Tasnady appeared in twenty five films during her career. As well as Germany, she also worked in her native Hungary and Italy where she appeared in the patriotic war film '' Bengasi'' in 1942.Gundle p.216 Following the

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, she was employed by

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. She was married to the film producer Bruno Duday.

Selected filmography

* '' When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932) * '' Kind Stepmother'' (1935) * '' Final Chord'' (1936) * '' Men Without a Fatherland'' (1937) * '' The Five-Forty'' (1939) * '' Woman Without a Past'' (1939) * '' Castle in Transylvania'' (1940) * '' Closed Court'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1941) * '' Europe Doesn't Answer'' (1941) * '' Bengasi'' (1942) * '' The Talking Robe'' (1942) * '' A Woman Looks Back'' (1942) * '' Yellow Hell'' (1942) * '' The Young Caruso'' (1951) * '' André and Ursula'' (1955)

References

Bibliography

* Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

* 1911 births 2001 deaths People from Petrila Hungarian film actresses Hungarian stage actresses 20th-century Hungarian women singers Hungarian emigrants to Germany Hungarian beauty pageant winners {{Hungary-actor-stub