Tamara Desni
Actor
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.
Filmography
Send for Paul Temple
as Diana Thornley 1946
Dick Barton at Bay
as Anna 1950
The Squeaker
as Tamara 1937
Traitor Spy
as Marie Dufreyne 1939
McGlusky the Sea Rover
as Flame 1935
The Hills of Donegal
as Carole Wells 1947
Marriage with Limited Liability
1931
Forbidden Territory
as Marie-Louise 1934
Falling for You
as Sondra von Moyden 1933
Jack Ahoy
as Conchita 1934
Flight from Folly
as Nina 1945
Blue Smoke
as Belle Chinko 1935
Dark World
as Birgitta 1935
His Brother’s Keeper
as Olga 1940
In the Employ of the Secret Service
as Natascha 1931