Katalin Karády

Acting

Birthday

1910/12/08

Day of death

1990/02/08 (79 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Budapest, Hungary

Also know as

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...Read more