Tamara Desni
Tamara Desni , born Tamara Brodsky , (born October 22, 1913 in Berlin ; † February 7, 2008 in Valence d'Agen , Tarn-et-Garonne , France ) was a German- British actress . Apart from three first films, she worked in Great Britain.
Life
Private
Tamara Desnis mother was the actress Xenia Desni . While Tamara was still living in Berlin, she was married to a dentist. However, the marriage did not last long. In 1931 Desni moved to Great Britain with her mother. There she married the actor Bruce Seton for the second time , from whom she was divorced in 1940. Her next marriages to the soldier Roland Gillett and the actor Raymond Lovell were also short-lived. It was only with her fifth husband, Albert Lavagna, whom she had met after moving to the south of France, that she was together for the rest of her life. From this marriage, which was concluded in 1956, two daughters were born. Together they ran an inn called L'Auberge Chez Tamara . Tamara Desni died in Valence d'Agen in 2008.
Career
In 1930 Desni made her theatrical debut with the legendary Berlin premiere of Ralph Benatzky's Im Weisse Rößl . In Great Britain she made her stage debut in 1931 at the English counterpart White Horse Inn . Another play in which she starred at the Coliseum Theater in London was Casanova . In the following years she worked primarily as a film actress.
Filmography
- 1931: The horror of the garrison
- 1931: Ehe mbH
- 1931: In the secret service
- 1933: Falling for You
- 1934: Forbidden Territory
- 1934: Jack Ahoy
- 1934: Bypass to Happiness
- 1934: How's Chances?
- 1935: Dark World
- 1935: Blue Smoke
- 1935: McGlusky the Sea Rover
- 1936: Love in Exile
- 1937: Fire Over England (Fire Over England)
- 1937: The Squeaker
- 1939: Traitor Spy
- 1940: His Brother's Keeper
- 1945: Flight from Folly
- 1946: Send for Paul Temple
- 1947: The Hills of Donegal
- 1950: Dick Barton and the Death Ray ( Dick Barton at Bay )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Premiere announcement in: Vossische Zeitung, morning edition, November 8, 1930, p. 8
Web links
- Tamara Desni in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary in the Daily Telegraph , February 15, 2008
- Obituary in The Independent , February 22, 2008
- Pictures by Tamara Desni In: Virtual History
Remarks
- ↑ according to other sources 1910 or 1911
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desni, Tamara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brodsky, Tamara (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2008 |
| Place of death | Valence d'Agen , Tarn-et-Garonne department , France |