Katalin Karády

Acting

Katalin Karády

Born — Died

1910-12-08 — 1990-02-08

Place of birth

Budapest, Hungary

Known for

Acting

Credits

19 titles

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 introduced to Ilona Aczél, a former actress, in whose acting school she learned the basics of the profession in the following three years, including singing. Karády's first performance was at the end…

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 16 titles

Opium Waltz poster
9.0

Five friends, a piano-player, an actor, a critic, a doctor and a banker meet again for a twentieth school anniversary in the countryside mansion of the piano player. But the sudden arrival of an attractive woman upsets their peaceful plans...

Opium Waltz

1943

Szováthy Éva poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Szováthy Éva

1943

Temptation poster
8.0

Dr. Kétzy, judicial council chairman, convicts the three participants of a bank-robbery. Also present is Cecil, who believes her brother to be innocent, and she vows to take revenge on Kétzy.

Temptation

1941

Something Is in the Water poster
6.0

A mysterious woman brings disaster to a small country town.

Something Is in the Water

1944

Hot Fields poster
8.5

Avary, himself a hustler, is jealous of his beautiful wife. He eavesdrops to catch Vilma, his wife, having supper with a neighbour on the terrace of their manor-house. He is about to shoot at the woman, but it is him who gets shot to death.

Hot Fields

1948

Halálos csók poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Halálos csók

1942

Deception poster
NR

Feri, a young director general in Sopron, and Ilona, his secretary, are in love with each other. Feri's mother, however, has a different woman in mind for her son to marry. The girl, disappointed, is off to Pest.

Deception

1942

Külvárosi őrszoba poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Külvárosi őrszoba

1942

Taming the Shrew poster
6.5

Pálma, the spoilt daughter of the rich manufacturer, is a true monster in the house. The house staff flee her and even her father can hardly wait to marry her off.

Taming the Shrew

1943

Hazajáró lélek poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hazajáró lélek

1940

Machita poster
9.0

A female spy goes to Budapest to steal the plans of an anti-aircraft gun.

Machita

1944

Queen Elizabeth poster
8.0

Emperor Franz Joseph's young wife, Queen Elizabeth, was a popular favourite. After the defeat of the War of Independence, the daughter of the revolutionary General Latkóczy came to her to ask for the Queen's intercession on behalf of her father. Little does she know that her journey is aided by the envoys of the Hungarian Legion, which is organizing abroad.

Queen Elizabeth

1940

The Challenge poster
7.0

The successful factory owner Sasho Kamenov marries Maria. Sasho wants to surprise Maria with a villa on the seaside. He commissions the project to architect Karshev who begins to court Maria. Kamenov sends his wife to the seaside. There Maria meets Karshev. She feels unwell in the car and the medical examination reveals that she is expecting a baby. In her joy at the news she accepts the architect's invitation to go boating. A raging storm keeps Maria at Karshev's villa. Kamenov accuses his wife of adultery and chases her away. After a while he repents and goes abroad in search of his wife... Sasho discovers his wife singing in a club in Nice. She tells him everything, he asks her to forgive him and soon the happy family makes a photograph.

The Challenge

1942

Sirius poster
6.5

Tibor Ákos, an intrepid and dreamy Hungarian count, embarks on an incredible adventure when he accepts the inconceivable challenge set by the eccentric Professor Sirius, who has invented a peculiar machine.

Sirius

1942

A Bowl of Lentils poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Bowl of Lentils

1941

Egy szív megáll poster
10.0

Sándor Futó is pathologically jealous of his wife. He suspects everyone, even his wife's impresario. He fears that he will end up like his father, who killed his mother's supposed lover and then committed suicide himself. Alexander wants to prevent this, so he attempts suicide, but without success. After recovering, his jealousy continues to gnaw at his soul.

Egy szív megáll

1942