Tamara Desni
Date of birth: 1913-10-22
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Fire Over England
1937-03-05
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the E
Marriage with Limited Liability
1931-12-31
Though "blessed" with a complex title, which translates as Marriage with Limited Liability, this Ger
Dick Barton at Bay
1950-10-02
David Phillips (Patrick Macnee) is running down the darkened streets of London's Limehouse district,
The Squeaker
1937-11-11
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief w
Forbidden Territory
1934-10-19
Britisher Sir Charles Farrington and a son, Rex Farrington, arrive in a Russian Soviet territory sea
Falling for You
1933-06-15
In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress. They
Jack Ahoy
1934-02-02
A song and dance comedy in which Jack Hulbert plays an incompetent sailor.
Send for Paul Temple
1946-12-23
Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they inve
Traitor Spy
1939-12-01
A British man is hunted by British and German spies when he tries to sell blueprints.
Flight from Folly
1945-05-21
An out of work show girl poses as a nurse and undertakes the job of looking after Clinton Clay, a co
Blue Smoke
1935-12-01
British sports film directed by Ralph Ince.
Dark World
1935-12-01
British drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus.
His Brother’s Keeper
1940-01-27
“A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blue
In the Employ of the Secret Service
1931-08-13
During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its exp
The Hills of Donegal
1947-09-01
Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to marr
Love in Exile
1936-12-09
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreig
McGlusky the Sea Rover
1935-07-01