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Aliases: Klári Tolnai , Tolnay Klári , Tolnay Rózsi , Rózsi Tolnay , Rozália Tolnay , Tolnay Rozália , Tolnay Klára , Klára Tolnay , Tolnai Klári , Клари Толнаи

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Budapest, Hungary

Homepage: http://www.tolnayklari.hu/

Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Klári Tolnay (17 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Hungarian actress. Klári Tolnay (born Rózsi Tolnay) was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the daughter of István Tolnay and Eleonóra Siess. She spent her childhood in the small village of Mohora, Nógrád county, on the estate of her father. Finishing elementary school there, she continued secondary school studies in Balassagyarmat, two years at the school operated by Institutum Beatae Mariae Virginis in Nyíregyháza, finishing high school in Debrecen's School of Business. Singing and playing music since childhood, she followed the advice of newspaper editor János Bókay, and auditioned herself to prominent actors of the time, Gábor Rajnai, Jenő Heltai, and Sándor Hevesi. After these early attempts were not followed by desired results, she was mentored by Béla Gaál, thus starting her career as a film actress at the Hunnia Film Studio. Her first notable role was in Meseautó, after which she was hired by the Vígszínház theatre in 1934, to perform smaller roles. In 1936 she married Ákos Ráthonyi, a director, giving birth to daughter Zsuzsanna 4 years later. After World War II ended in 1945, Ákos Ráthonyi left Hungary, with their daughter following after the 1956 revolution. Leaving the Vígszínház for the Művész Theatre in 1946-7, she met Iván Darvas, whom she later married (but divorced in 1958). In 1947, together with Gyula Benkő and István Somló, she was appointed as the co-manager of the Vígszínház theatre, where she was a major participant in restoring the institution to its pre-war glory. After the theatre was disbanded by the government in 1950, she joined the Madách Theatre, where she worked until her death on 27 October 1998. Description above from the Wikipedia article Klári Tolnay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Willy The Sparrow
Average
7

Willy The Sparrow

(1988) Verbéna
Father
Average
7

Father

(1966) Anya
Skylark
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8

Skylark

(1965) Tóni, Vajkayné
Black Diamond
Average
7

Black Diamond

(1977) Teudelinda grófnő
Time to Mature
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7

Time to Mature

(1976) Nagymama
A bunker
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10

A bunker

(1977) Martinné
Love Is Not a Shame
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0

Love Is Not a Shame

(1940) Suzanne,francia nevelõnõ
Mrs. Déry
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8

Mrs. Déry

(1951) Déryné

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Panni
1988 Verbéna
1985 Matilde
1980 Szalánczyné
1979 Zsazsa néni
Mama
N/A
1977 Martinné
Zarkóczy Rózsika
Teudelinda grófnő
1976 Nagymama
1972 Bujták grófnõ
Juhászné
1970 Kozima, Liszt leánya
Ilka néni
1968 Anna - özvegy Komáromi Gézáné
Fölcint Lajosné
1967 Babocsainé
N/A
1966 Anya
1965 Tóni, Vajkayné
1963 Sándor Bálint's wife
1962 N/A
Miklós' mother
1961 Bende Etelka
1960 Anna, Kéri felesége
Elza, Szabó's wife
1959 N/A
1958 Karsai Klára
1957 Aranka
Bartháné, patikus
1956 Márta
1954 N/A
1951 Déryné
1949 Bangháné, Ilonka
1948 Asztalos Mária
Apolka
1943 Jánossy Éva
Eszter
N/A
N/A
Klára / Marianne
1942 Varga Kató / Katyi
Kovács Zsuzsi
Kádár Erzsi ügyvéd
N/A
N/A
N/A
1941 Éva
N/A
Fifi, a vezérigazgató lánya
Anny
Nadányi Ervinné, Anni
N/A
1940 N/A
N/A
Suzanne,francia nevelõnõ
1939 Eva
A gróf felesége
1938 Takács Klári, Bimbi
Éva, Bálint Gábor felesége
Teri
1937 Gitta, Hubay Péter lánya
Mary, Gruber leánya
1936 Kántor Vera
1935 Erzsike
1934 Sári
Olgika
Róza néni
Year Character Movie/Tv

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