
Tamara Desni
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1913-10-22
Day of Death
2008-02-07 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Tamara Desni
Biography
From Wikipedia
Tamara Desni (22 October 1913 – 7 February 2008) was a German-born British actress.
Born as Tamara Brodsky, the daughter of actress Xenia Desni, Tamara Desni was born in Berlin. Her mother was born in Kiev, then in the Russian Empire, but emigrated to Germany sometime before the Russian Revolution. She became a star of German cinema during the silent era.
She studied ballet as a child and appeared on stage and in several German films. She married a dentist while a teenager, although they divorced before Desni landed her first London acting role in 1931 in the musical White Horse Inn. She followed this up with another leading role in the musical Casanova, featuring music by Johann Strauss, Jr.
Desni's film career took off in 1933 with Falling for You, and continued through 1950. Other film credits include Dick Barton at Bay, The Torso Murder Mystery, Fire Over England and Hell's Cargo.
Desni's health began declining while in her late eighties. She died, a widow, on February 7, 2008 in Valence d'Agen, France. She was 94.
Known For
Acting
(1950)
Dick Barton at Bay
as Anna
(1947)
The Hills of Donegal
as Carole Wells
(1946)
Send for Paul Temple
as Diana Thornley
(1945)
Flight from Folly
as Nina
(1940)
His Brother’s Keeper
as Olga
(1939)
Traitor Spy
as Marie Dufreyne
(1937)
Fire Over England
as Elena
(1937)
The Squeaker
as Tamara
(1936)
Love in Exile
as Tanya
(1935)
Dark World
as Birgitta
(1935)
Blue Smoke
as Belle Chinko
(1935)
McGlusky the Sea Rover
as Flame
(1934)
Forbidden Territory
as Marie-Louise
(1934)
Jack Ahoy
as Conchita
(1933)
Falling for You
as Sondra von Moyden
(1931)
In the Employ of the Secret Service
as Natascha
(1931)