Biographies: Steffi Duna - Actor

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A Hungarian actress, born in Budapest, Hungary, as Stephanie Berindey. She married twice and had two children. Her works include Phantom Raiders (1940), Anthony Adverse (1936), and A Clown Must Laugh (1936). She was of Czech origin. Her father worked in selling alcohol. She trained as a ballerina at the age of nine at the Budapest Opera, and at the age of 13, she was an accomplished ballerina. She danced in most European capitals. She also appeared in the Children’s Theater in Budapest and worked in the amateur theatre. She made two films in British cinema, and in 1932, she went to New York. She was ignorant of the English language, and within a few years, she spoke 6 languages and stood on Broadway. She moved to Hollywood and made her first film there, Man of Two Worlds (1934), and her most prominent role was in the film Waterloo Bridge (1940). She played roles of different nationalities, often people of Spanish origin, even though she was Hungarian. Her last work was Girl from Havana (1940), then she retired and devoted herself to her new married life until she died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, on April 22, 1992, from cancer.

• 31 December 2023
• Toqa Hesham