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Katalin Karády
Acting
08 Dec 1910
† 08 Feb 1990
Budapest, Hungary
Biography
Katalin Karády (December 8, 1910, Budapest - February 8, 1990, New York) was a Hungarian actress and singer. A leading actress in Hungarian movies made between 1939–1945, she is best known outside Hungary as an awardee of the Righteous among the Nations honorific for rescuing a number of Hungarian Jews. She started acting in 1936, taking classes from Ernő Tarnay, and Artúr Bárdos. After gaining the attention of journalist Zoltán Egyed in a bar in Buda (who also proposed the name Karády) she was...
Also Known As
Katalin Kanczler, Katalin Karady, Karády Katalin, Karádi Katalin, Katalin Karádi



















