Steffi Duna

• Name — Steffi Duna • Birth Name — Erzsébet Berindey • Born — 8 February 1910 • Birthplace — Budapest, Austria-Hungary • Died — 22 April 1992 • Place of death — Beverly Hills, California, U.S. • Years Active — 1932–1940 • Children — 2

Born in the Eastern name order in Budapest of Czech extraction and nicknamed Stefi (Stefánia) by her friends and family, Duna started dancing at the age of nine and first attracted attention as a thirteen-year-old ballet dancer in Europe. She made her first stage appearance in dramatized fairy tales at the Children's Theater of Budapest. Initially opposed to the idea, her father sent her to the best schools in the Hungarian capital to learn dancing, and soon she had danced in most of the capitals of Europe. In 1932, she appeared on the London stage in Noël Coward's revue Words and Music as one of the four actresses to create the song "Mad about the Boy".

Duna was married twice. Her first marriage was in 1935 to actor John Carroll, her co-star in the screen comedy Hi, Gaucho!. They had one child, a daughter, and divorced in 1938. On October 18, 1940, Duna married actor Dennis O'Keefe in Phoenix, Arizona. They had a son. Duna died on 22 April 1992 (aged 82) of cancer at her home in Beverly Hills.

• The Indiscretions of Eve (1932) as Eve • The Iron Stair (1933) as Elsa Damond • Man of Two Worlds (1934) as Guninana • La Cucaracha (1934, Short) as Chaquita • Red Morning (1934) as Kara Perava • One New York Night (1935) as Countess Louise Broussiloff • Hi, Gaucho! (1935) as Inez del Campo • La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935, Short) as Herself • I Conquer the Sea! (1936) as Rosita Gonzales • Dancing Pirate (1936) as Serafina Perena • Anthony Adverse (1936) as Neleta • Pagliacci (1936) - Nedda Salvatini • Escape by Night (1937) as Josephine 'Jo' Elliott • Rascals (1938) as Stella • Flirting with Fate (1938) as Carlita • Panama Lady (1939) as Cheema • The Girl and the Gambler (1939) as Dolores 'The Dove' Romero • The Magnificent Fraud (1939) as Carmelita • Way Down South (1939) as Pauline • Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939) as Elsa Memling • Law of the Pampas (1939) as Chiquita • The Marines Fly High (1940) as Teresa • Waterloo Bridge (1940) as Lydia • Phantom Raiders (1940) as Dolores • The Great McGinty (1940) as The Dancing Girl • River's End (1940) as Cheeta • Girl from Havana (1940) as Chita (final film role)