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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katalin Karády, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Dec 8, 1910 In Budapest, Hungary
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie Deadly Spring 1939-12-21
Latest Project:
Movie Hot Fields 1948-08-23
Known For
Poster of Something Is in the Water
Poster of Opium Waltz
Poster of The Challenge
Poster of Temptation
Filmography
Movie Hot Fields 1948-08-23
Movie Something Is in the Water 1944-01-26
Movie Machita Machita 1944-04-05
Movie Taming the Shrew Benedek Pálma 1943-01-01
Movie Opium Waltz 1943-06-17
Movie Szováthy Éva Szováthy Éva 1943-03-28
Movie Külvárosi őrszoba Harmonikás Gizi 1942-07-26
Movie Szíriusz 1942-01-10
Movie The Challenge Mariya 1942-11-09
Movie Halálos csók Balásfy Ágnes / Balásfy Eszter 1942-10-15
Movie Egy szív megáll Anna 1942-12-22
Movie Temptation 1941-03-01
Movie Egy tál lencse Horváth Margit 1941-03-05
Movie Hazajáró lélek Mária 1940-10-28
Movie Deadly Spring Ralben Edit 1939-12-21