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Kate de Nagy became the French teacher at Happy Valley School, Ojai, CA, in 1953. Myself and many others were her students. She died in the Ojai hospital of cancer. |
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== Career ==
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In 1926, Nagy moved to [[Berlin]] to pursue a career in the film industry, but as she was then 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 that she starred in the successful ''[[Vienna, City of My Dreams (1928 film)|Wien, du 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 1930s, she starred in ''[[Captain Craddock|Le Capitaine Craddock]]'', which made her notable in France, where she would later make half her movies.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> From 1937 onwards she was mainly in French-speaking roles, but also appeared in Italian and Austrian film productions. Her last film was the German film ''Die Försterchristl'' 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=http://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=
== Personal life ==
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