Acting
Katalin Karády
- Born
- Dec 8, 1910 · Aged 79
- Died
- Feb 8, 1990
- Place of birth
- Budapest, Hungary
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 19
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (7)
- Katalin Kanczler
- Katalin Karady
- Karády Katalin
- Karádi Katalin
- Katalin Karádi
- Karady Katalin
- Kanczler Katalin
Biography
Katalin Karády (December 8, 1910, Budapest - February 8, 1990, New York) was a Hungarian actress and singer. A leading actress in Hungarian movies made between 1939–1945, she is best known outside Hungary as an awardee of the Righteous among the Nations honorific for rescuing a number of Hungarian Jews. She started acting in 1936, taking classes from Ernő Tarnay, and Artúr Bárdos. After gaining the attention of journalist Zoltán Egyed in a bar in Buda (who also proposed the name Karády) she was introduced to Ilona Aczél, a former actress, in whose acting school she learned the basics of the…
