Käthe von Nagy: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Hungarian actress (1904–1973)}}

| birthname = Ekaterina PeeeevonNagy von Cziser

| birth_place = [[Subotica|Szabadka]], [[Kingdom of Hungary]], [[Austria-Hungary]]

'''Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser''', better known by her stage name '''Käthe von Nagy''' (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in the German and French cinema.

When she wanted to get married at age 16, her parents did not approve and placed her in the ''Sancta Christiana'' Convent in [[Frohsdorf]] near [[Vienna]] to prevent thisthe early marriage.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> After 18 months in the convent, she went to high school in Vienna, and then finally to boarding school.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> During this period, she took riding and fencing lessons.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

In 1926, Nagy moved to [[Berlin]] to pursue a career in the film industry, but, as she was thenan unknown, she took a position as correspondent for the Hungarian newspaper ''Pesti Hírlap'' to earn a living.<ref name="ReferenceB">[http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.dk/2011/01/postcard-friendship-friday-kathe-von.html "Postcard Friendship Friday – Käthe von Nagy"]. ''Film Star Postcards''. Retrieved 2014-30-05.</ref> After numerous futile applications in the city, Hungarian film director [[Alexander Korda]] got her a role as an actress in the 1927 comedy film ''Männer vor der Ehe'', opposite her future husband, [[Constantin J. David]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Soon after, in 1928, she starred in the successful ''[[Vienna, City of My Dreams (1928 film)|Wien, die Stadt meiner Träume]]'' ("Vienna, City of My Dreams"), which made her known as the "up-and-coming young actress of the European cinema". She later appeared in many leading roles and became famous for her countless postcards which also benefitted her modeling career.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> In 1931, she starred in ''[[Captain Craddock|Le Capitaine Craddock]]'', which made her notablepopular in France where she would later make half her movies.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> FromAfter 1937 onwards, she wasappeared mainly in French-speaking roles, but also appeared in Italian and Austrian film productions. Her last film was the German film ''[[The Forester's Daughter (1952 film)|The Forester's Daughter]]'', in 1952, alongside [[Johanna Matz]].<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

During the [[Second World War]], Nagy virtually retired from the acting industry, appearing in only one movie, ''Mahlia la métisse''.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Because of her notability due to her famous and hugely popular postcards, she was, in 1940, reportedly approached by ''[[Reichsführer-SS]]'', [[Heinrich Himmler]], who asked her to be the face and body for [[sex doll]]s [[Borghild Project|provided to German soldiers]] as a way to combat [[syphilis]] at the front, but she refused.<ref name=HP>{{cite news|title=Hitler Gave Nazi Soldiers Blow Up Sex Dolls To Combat Syphilis: Book|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/12/hitler-nazi-sex-dolls_n_896207.html|accessdate=4 May 2014|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|date=12 July 2011}}</ref> This story has come to be considered a hoax, due to the lack of reliable sources backing it up.<ref name=Ferguson>{{cite book|last1=Ferguson|first1=Anthony|title=The Sex Doll: A History|date=26 July 2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786447947|pages=24–27|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zr90CFnRkigC&q=Borghild+Project+fake&pg=PA26|accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref>

Nagy's first marriage was to film director [[Constantin J. David]], in 1927, the same year they met. Her second marriage was to Jacques Fattini; little is known about their relationship and marriage.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> She died of cancer in 1973, in [[Ojai, California]], aged 69.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

| ''[[The Victor (1932 film)|Der Sieger]]'' (''The Victor'')

| ''[[At the End of the World (1934 film)|Au bout du monde]]'' (''At the End of the World'')

| ''[[A Day Will Come (1934 film)|Un jour viendra]]'' (''A Day Will Come'')

| ''[[Princess Turandot|Prinzessin Turandot]]'' (''Princess Turandot'')

| ''{{Interlanguage[[Final linkAccord multi(1938 film)|Accord final|fr}}]]'' (''Final Accord'')