Tamara Desni

Born: 1913-10-22

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.


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Fire Over England

as Elena
Released: 1937-03-05

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on...

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Send for Paul Temple

as Diana Thornley
Released: 1946-12-23

Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they...

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The Hills of Donegal

as Carole Wells
Released: 1947-09-01

Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to...

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Falling for You

as Sondra von Moyden
Released: 1933-06-15

In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress....

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Traitor Spy

as Marie Dufreyne
Released: 1939-12-01

A British man is hunted by British and German spies when he tries to sell blueprints.

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Dick Barton at Bay

as Anna
Released: 1950-10-02

David Phillips (Patrick Macnee) is running down the darkened streets of London's Limehouse...

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McGlusky the Sea Rover

as Flame
Released: 1935-07-01

Comedy action starring Irish boxing champion Jack Doyle

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Love in Exile

as Tanya
Released: 1936-12-09

When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a...

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The Squeaker

as Tamara
Released: 1937-11-11

London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any...

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In the Employ of the Secret Service

as Natascha
Released: 1931-08-13

During WWI a German agent receives an order to find out when the Russian army will carry out its...

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