Clara Tabody
Clara Tabody (born January 12, 1915 in Rákospalota , Austria-Hungary as Klara Thurmayer ; † August 6, 1986 in Milan , Italy ) was an actress and singer . Ida Turay (1908–1997, nee Ida Thurmayer ) was her sister.
Life
Clara Tabody completed her training as a dancer and then attended the Drama Academy in Budapest . She had her first successes at the Budapest Kiraly Theater in the operetta Kadettenliebe , but her real career began in Berlin in the 1930s. From 1932 she played in operettas and revues, including Fred Raymond's Mask in Blue .
With the role of Gitta, she also achieved her breakthrough in 1942 alongside Wolf Albach-Retty and Hans Moser in the film version of Fred Raymond's successful operetta .
During the war she married the Italian Angelo Formenti, with whom she moved to Alassio on the Italian Riviera . In the 1950s she occasionally returned to the Berlin theaters.
Filmography
- 1937: È tornato carnevale (Italy)
- 1940: Left-handed angel (Balkezes angyal) (her only Hungarian film)
- 1940: Seven years of bad luck (she played with sister Ida Turay)
- 1940: Il Capitano degli ussari (Italy)
- 1941: loyal as gold
- 1942: acrobat schö-ö-ö-n
- 1943: mask in blue
- 1947/48: delicacies
- 1948: Giudicatemi! (Italy)
Discography (selection)
- 1942: Yes, the Temp'rament
Web links
- Clara Tabody in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tabody, Clara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thurmayer, Klara (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian actress and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rákospalota , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1986 |
| Place of death | Milan , Italy |