Klári Tolnay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1917
- Died
- October 27, 1998 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
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.
Known For
Filmography
Róza néni elintézi
Movie · as Róza néni
The Quarantine Zone
Movie · as Panni
Willy the Sparrow
Movie · as Verbéna, a tündér (voice)
Kaviár és lencse
Movie · as Matilde
A tönk meg a széle
Movie · as Olgika
Kojak in Budapest
Movie · as Szalánczyné
Adáshiba
Movie
Saroküzlet
Movie · as Mama
The Music's the Thing
Movie · as Zsazsa néni
Drága kisfiam!
Movie · as Margit, anya
Black Diamond
Movie · as Teudelinda grófnő
Legato
Movie · as Zarkóczy Rózsika
A bunker
TV · as Martinné · 3 eps
Hungarian Folktales
TV · as Mesemondó · 1 ep
Time to Mature
Movie · as Nagymama
Good Evening, Love
Movie · as Juhászné
There Was Once a Family
Movie · as Bujták grófnõ
A Rose Garden of Six Acres
Movie · as Ilka néni
Dreams of Love
Movie · as Kozima, Liszt leánya
Hasty Marriage
Movie · as Anna - özvegy Komáromi Gézáné
A ravaszdi leányzó és az IBUSZ vendégek
Movie · as Fölcint Lajosné
The Widow and the Police Officer
Movie
The Aga's Testament
Movie · as Babocsainé
Late Season
Movie · as Szilágyiné
Father
Movie · as Anya
The Golden Kite
Movie · as Anya
Skylark
Movie · as Tóni, Vajkayné
Well, Young Man?
Movie · as Sándor Bálint's wife
Torchlight
Movie · as Kossuth's wife
The Land of Angels
Movie · as Miklós' mother
A Bus Does Not Stop
Movie
Just a Joke
Movie · as Bende Etelka
Don't Keep Off the Grass
Movie · as Anna, Kéri felesége
Virrad
Movie · as Elza, Szabó's wife
For Whom the Larks Sing
Movie
What a Night!
Movie · as Karsai Klára
Tale on the 12 Points
Movie · as Bartháné, patikus
Dani
Movie · as Aranka
Gala Dinner
Movie · as Márta
Relatives
Movie
Mrs. Déry
Movie · as Déryné
Egy asszony elindul
Movie · as Bangháné, Ilonka
The Siege of Beszterce
Movie · as Apolka
Tüz
Movie · as Asztalos Mária
Lady Over the Abyss
Movie · as Jánossy Éva
Fleeing Man
Movie · as Klára / Marianne
Féltékenység
Movie · as Eszter
The Song of Rákóczi
Movie · as Krisztinka Oltay / Fruzsa néni / Cinka Panna
Szerencsés flótás
Movie
Katyi
Movie · as Varga Kató / Katyi
Kádár vs. Kerekes
Movie · as Kádár Erzsi ügyvéd
Gentry Nest
Movie · as Kovács Zsuzsi
Keresztúton
Movie
Pista tekintetes úr
Movie
Férfihűség
Movie
A Kiss and That's All
Movie · as Nadányi Ervinné, Anni
Silent Monastery
Movie
Az ördög nem alszik
Movie · as Éva
Alpine Sunlight
Movie · as Fifi, a vezérigazgató lánya
Back on the Road
Movie · as Anny
Three Bells
Movie
Love Is Not a Shame
Movie · as Suzanne,francia nevelõnõ
Queen Elizabeth
Movie
Vision by the Lake
Movie
Wedding in Toprin
Movie · as A gróf felesége
Six Weeks of Happiness
Movie · as Eva
The Lady is a Little Crazy
Movie · as Takács Klári, Bimbi
The Crucial Moment
Movie · as Éva, Bálint Gábor felesége
Azurexpress
Movie · as Teri
The Borrowed Castle
Movie · as Gruber Mary
My Daughter Is Different
Movie · as Gitta, Hubay Péter lánya
There Are Exceptions
Movie · as Kántor Vera
Be True Until Death
Movie · as Bella, Viola húga
The Wise Mother
Movie · as Erzsike
The Dream Car
Movie · as Sári
The New Relative
Movie · as Kenyereslány