Tamara Desni

Tamara Desni

1913-10-22 – 2008-02-07 (age 94) Berlin, Germany
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Biography

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Tamara Desni (22 October 1913 โ€“ 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.

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Known For

The Squeaker
The Squeaker

1937

as Tamara

Fire Over England
Fire Over England

1937

as Elena

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Forbidden Territory

1934

as Marie-Louise

Dick Barton at Bay
Send for Paul Temple
Send for Paul Temple

1946

as Diana Thornley

Love in Exile
Love in Exile

1936

as Tanya

In the Employ of the Secret Service
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Flight from Folly

1945

as Nina

McGlusky the Sea Rover
Traitor Spy
Traitor Spy

1939

as Marie Dufreyne

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Jack Ahoy

1934

as Conchita

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Blue Smoke

1935

as Belle Chinko

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Dark World

1935

as Birgitta

The Hills of Donegal
The Hills of Donegal

1947

as Carole Wells

Falling for You
Falling for You

1933

as Sondra von Moyden