Clara Tabody
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 briefly tried to build her up as a rival to her fellow Hungarian Marika Rökk, then working for UFA. After marrying an Italian she principally settled in that country.
Also recorded as Klára Tabódy
Clara Tabody
Cinema Illustrazione, Nov. 1936 (original photo) · Public domain
- Name
- Clara Tabody
- Born
- 12 January 1915
- Birthplace
- Rákospalota, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Died
- 6 August 1986
- Place of death
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Occupation
- Actress, singer
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Languages
- Hungarian · Italian · German
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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 briefly tried to build her up as a rival to her fellow Hungarian Marika Rökk, then working for UFA. After marrying an Italian she principally settled in that country.
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Clara Tabody (1915–1986) was an actress, dancer and painter, among other activities, of Hungarian nationality. The actress died in Milan. Clara Tabody worked in Milan and lived in Alassio. Languages used include German, Hungarian and Italian.
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Biography
Biography
Her sister Ida Turay was also an actress, known for her starring roles in Hungarian films.
Gyöngy Pál: Kadétszerelem. Fővárosi Operettszínház. Turay Ida (Stöcker Péter), Békássy István (Schönborn Miklós), Tabódy Klára (Stöcker Pál).
Clara Tabody e Mario Pisu in una scena del film "E' tornato Carnevale" (Matarazzo, 1937).
Cinema Illustrazione, Nov. 1936
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Clara Tabody • Born — 12 January 1915 • Birthplace — Rákospalota, Austro-Hungarian Empire • Died — 6 August 1986 • Place of death — Milan, Lombardy, Italy • Occupation — Actress, singer
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Carnival Is Here Again (1937) • The Hussar Captain (1940) • Left-Handed Angel (1941) • Bravo Acrobat! (1943) • Mask in Blue (1943)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Klára Tabódy. Her recorded languages were Hungarian, Italian and German. She was the child of Sándor Turmayer.
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Life and career
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1915
Clara Tabody born at Rákospalota.
1986
Clara Tabody died at Milan.
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Alassio
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Milan.
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- 1.Noack p.202
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- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
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