Käthe von Nagy: Difference between revisions

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|4|4|mfdf=y}}

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

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|12|20|1904|4|4|mfdf=y}}

| death_place = [[United States]]

'''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.

== Early life and education ==

Käthe von Nagy, the daughter of a wealthy bank manager and part of an [[Von|aristocratic HungarianSerbian family]], spent very little time at monastery school.<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.cyranos.ch/smnagy-e.htm "Portrait of the Actress Käthe von Nagy"]., ''Cyranos''cyranos.ch; Retrievedretrieved 2014-30-05 May 2014.</ref>

When she wanted to get married at the unusually young age of 16, her parents did not approve, and placed her in the Santa''Sancta ChrisitanaChristiana'' 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"/>

As a young adult, Nagy's dream was to become an author, also unusual for a woman of her time. She went to [[Budapest]], where she wrote a few short articles that were eventually published in a magazine.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> Shortly after this, she decided to pursue her interest in acting and enrolled in the acting school of [[Béla Gáal]], near Budapest. There she learned acting, dancing, and singing. Her parents were unhappy about her change of career and frequent moves.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> To satisfy her parents (especially her father), she returned and worked with him in his bank for a period of time, while secretly writing novels.<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, thatin 1928, she starred in the successful ''[[Vienna, City of My Dreams (1928 film)|Wien, dudie 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 1930s1931, 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=httphttps://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&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dqq=Borghild+Project+fake&sourcepg=bl&ots=p3sEV0xTlj&sig=VHCr5E4-WeVU6CHsXJ9BUfQHAwc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TfzXVKzKDcPksATKo4HADw&ved=0CHAQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=Borghild%20Project%20fake&f=falsePA26|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'')

| ''[[FlüchtlingeRefugees (1933 film)|Refugees]]''

| ''[[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'')

| ''[[The Girlfriend of a Big Man|Die Freundin eines großen Mannes]]'' (''The Girlfriend of a Big Man'')

| ''{{Interlanguage[[Love, linkDeath multiand the Devil|Liebe, Tod und Teufel|de}}]]'' (''Love, Death and the Devil'')

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

| ''[[The Devil in the Bottle|Le Diable en bouteille]]'' (''The Devil in the Bottle'')

| ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Die unruhigen Mädchen|it|3=Peccati d'amore|lt=Die unruhigen Mädchen}}''

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

* [httphttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902746/ "Käthe von Nagy"] at [[Internet Movie Database]]

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