
Klári Tolnay
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
Credits
- 1989 · Willy the Sparrow as Verbéna
- 1985 · Kaviár és lencse as Matilde
- 1980 · Kojak in Budapest as Szalánczyné
- 1979 · The Music's the Thing as Zsazsa néni
- 1979 · Saroküzlet as Mama
- 1977 · Legato as Zarkóczy Rózsika
- 1977 · Black Diamond as Teudelinda grófnő
- 1977 · Hungarian Folktales as Mesemondó
- 1972 · There Was Once a Family as Bujták grófnõ
- 1972 · Good Evening, Love as Juhászné
- 1970 · Dreams of Love as Kozima, Liszt leánya
- 1968 · Hasty Marriage as Anna - özvegy Komáromi Gézáné
- 1967 · The Aga's Testament as Babocsainé
- 1966 · Father as Anya
- 1962 · A Bus Does Not Stop as
- 1962 · The Land of Angels as Miklós' mother
- 1961 · Just a Joke as Bende Etelka
- 1960 · Don't Keep Off the Grass as Anna, Kéri felesége
- 1960 · Virrad as Elza, Szabó's wife
- 1958 · What a Night! as Karsai Klára
- 1957 · Dani as Aranka
- 1957 · Tale on the 12 Points as Bartháné, patikus
- 1956 · Gala Dinner as Márta
- 1951 · Mrs. Déry as Déryné
- 1948 · Tüz as Asztalos Mária
- 1948 · The Siege of Beszterce as Apolka
- 1943 · Fleeing Man as Klára / Marianne
- 1941 · Alpine Sunlight as Fifi, a vezérigazgató lánya
- 1939 · Six Weeks of Happiness as Eva
- 1939 · Wedding in Toprin as A gróf felesége
- 1938 · The Lady is a Little Crazy as Takács Klári, Bimbi
- 1938 · The Crucial Moment as Éva, Bálint Gábor felesége
- 1937 · My Daughter Is Different as Gitta, Hubay Péter lánya
- 1934 · The Dream Car as Sári
- Future · Róza néni elintézi as Róza néni
- 2022 · A Karantén Zóna as Panni
- 1984 · A tönk meg a széle as Olgika
- 1979 · Adáshiba as
- 1977 · A bunker as Martinné
- 1976 · Time to Mature as Nagymama
- 1970 · A Rose Garden of Six Acres as Ilka néni
- 1968 · A ravaszdi leányzó és az IBUSZ vendégek as Fölcint Lajosné
- 1967 · The Widow and the Police Officer as
- 1965 · Skylark as Tóni, Vajkayné
- 1963 · Well, Young Man? as Sándor Bálint's wife
- 1959 · For Whom the Larks Sing as
- 1954 · Relatives as
- 1949 · Egy asszony elindul as Bangháné, Ilonka
- 1943 · Lady Over the Abyss as Jánossy Éva
- 1943 · The Song of Rákóczi as Krisztinka Oltay / Fruzsa néni / Cinka Panna
- 1943 · Féltékenység as Eszter
- 1943 · Szerencsés flótás as
- 1942 · Katyi as Varga Kató / Katyi
- 1942 · Gentry Nest as Kovács Zsuzsi
- 1942 · Kádár vs. Kerekes as Kádár Erzsi ügyvéd
- 1942 · Férfihűség as
- 1942 · Pista tekintetes úr as
- 1942 · Keresztúton as
- 1941 · Az ördög nem alszik as Éva
- 1941 · Silent Monastery as
- 1941 · Back on the Road as Anny
- 1941 · A Kiss and That's All as Nadányi Ervinné, Anni
- 1941 · Three Bells as
- 1940 · Queen Elizabeth as
- 1940 · Vision by the Lake as
- 1940 · Love Is Not a Shame as Suzanne,francia nevelõnõ
- 1938 · Azurexpress as Teri
- 1937 · The Borrowed Castle as Gruber Mary
- 1937 · There Are Exceptions as Kántor Vera
- 1935 · The Wise Mother as Erzsike