Tala Birell
Tala Birell (born Natalie Bierle; 10 September 1907 – 17 February 1958) was a Romanian-born stage and film actress.
Tala Birell
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- Born
- 1907. · Bucharest.
- Died
- 1958. · Landstuhl.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- actress.
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Tala Birell (born Natalie Bierle; 10 September 1907 – 17 February 1958) was a Romanian-born stage and film actress.
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Tala Birell (1907–1958) was an actor, actress and film actor, of Austrian nationality. The actor was born in Bucharest and died in Landstuhl.
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Early years
Early years
Birell was born in Bucharest as Natalie Bierle on 10 September 1907, the daughter of Bavarian businessman Karl Bierle and Stefanie von Schaydakowska, who came from Austro-Hungarian Galicia.
Career
Career
Birell had stage and screen experience in Vienna. She doubled for Marlene Dietrich in German films. The Oakland Tribune reported that Birell "made her debut in a hit in a Berlin production of Madame Pompadour." She came to England in 1930 to appear in E. A. Dupont's Menschen im Käfig, the German language version of Cape Forlorn, and later went to America to play in the German version of The Boudoir Diplomat. Star of the stage in Europe, she became popular in American films, including a small role in Bringing Up Baby (1938). In 1940 she appeared onstage in My Dear Children at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. She also appeared on Broadway in Order Please (1934). One of her final on-camera appearances was on the popular 1953 US anthology drama television series Orient Express in the episode titled The Red Sash.
Personal life and death
Personal life and death
Birell became an American citizein in Chicago on April 1, 1940. Birell died, aged 50, on 17 February 1958, in Landstuhl, German Federal Republic. She is buried in the Bavarian village Marquartstein in a family tomb.
Tala Birell in She's Dangerous (1937) - publicity still
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1958
Tala Birell died at Landstuhl.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Joseph F. Clarke. Pseudonyms. BCA. 112. 1977.
- 2.The reference book Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins identifies Birell as a Polish-Austrian actress.
- 3.Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. 62. 2010. 9780786457632.
- 4.A feature about Birell that was published in the Oakland Tribune on April 14, 1935, quotes her as saying "I am Viennese—with a dash of Polish."
- 5.Rook, Lyle. Truth About Glamour. Oakland Tribune. 58. April 14, 1935.
- 6.Tala Birell a Citizen: Viennese Actress Takes Oath in Chicago, Then Flies Here. The New York Times. Associated Press. 31. April 2, 1940.
- 7.BFI. Tala BIRELL aka Natalie BIERL. Film Index International.
- 8.Many Rivals for 'The Great Garbo'. Oakland Tribune. 59. January 3, 1932.
- 9.Youngsters To Be Given Opportunity In 1932 Pictures. The Daily Times. 8. December 19, 1931.
- 10.Tala Birell. Playbill.
- 11.Classic Images Magazine. January 2018.
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