Tamara Desni

Acting

Born October 22, 1913, Berlin, Germany

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

• 1950Dick Barton at Bay — Anna
• 1947The Hills of Donegal — Carole Wells
• 1946Send for Paul Temple — Diana Thornley
• 1945Flight from Folly — Nina
• 1940His Brother’s Keeper — Olga
• 1939Traitor Spy — Marie Dufreyne
• 1937Fire Over England — Elena
• 1937The Squeaker — Tamara
• 1936Love in Exile — Tanya
• 1935Blue Smoke — Belle Chinko
• 1935Dark World — Birgitta
• 1935McGlusky the Sea Rover — Flame
• 1934Forbidden Territory — Marie-Louise
• 1934Jack Ahoy — Conchita
• 1933Falling for You — Sondra von Moyden
• 1931In the Employ of the Secret Service — Natascha
• 1931Marriage with Limited Liability