Tamara Desni
Born: 1913-10-22 in Berlin, Germany
Died: 2008-02-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Tamara Desni (22 October 1913 – 7 February 2008) was a German-born British actress. Born as Tamara Brodsky, the daughter of actress Xenia Desni, Tamara Desni was born in Berlin. Her mother was born in Kiev, then in the Russian Empire, but emigrated to Germany sometime before the Russian Revolution. She became a star of German cinema during the silent era. She studied ballet as a child and appeared on stage and in several German films. She married a dentist while a teenager, although they divorced before Desni landed her first London acting role in 1931 in the musical White Horse Inn. She followed this up with another leading role in the musical Casanova, featuring music by Johann Strauss, Jr. Desni's film career took off in 1933 with Falling for You, and continued through 1950. Other film credits include Dick Barton at Bay, The Torso Murder Mystery, Fire Over England and Hell's Cargo. Desni's health began declining while in her late eighties. She died, a widow, on February 7, 2008 in Valence d'Agen, France. She was 94.
Filmography
1950
- Dick Barton at Bay as Anna
1947
- The Hills of Donegal as Carole Wells
1946
- Send for Paul Temple as Diana Thornley
1945
- Flight from Folly as Nina
1940
- His Brother’s Keeper as Olga
1939
- Traitor Spy as Marie Dufreyne
1937
- The Squeaker as Tamara
- Fire Over England as Elena
1936
- Love in Exile as Tanya
1935
- Dark World as Birgitta
- Blue Smoke as Belle Chinko
- McGlusky the Sea Rover as Flame
1934
- Jack Ahoy as Conchita
- Forbidden Territory as Marie-Louise
1933
- Falling for You as Sondra von Moyden