
Klári Tolnay
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1917-07-17
- Died
- 1998-10-27
- Place of birth
- Budapest, Hungary
- Also known as
- Klári Tolnai · Tolnay Klári · Tolnay Rózsi · Rózsi Tolnay · Rozália Tolnay · Tolnay Rozália
Biography
Klári Tolnay (17 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Hungarian actress.
Klári Tolnay (born Rózsi Tolnay) was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the daughter of István Tolnay and Eleonóra Siess. She spent her childhood in the small village of Mohora, Nógrád county, on the estate of her father. Finishing elementary school there, she continued secondary school studies in Balassagyarmat, two years at the school operated by Institutum Beatae Mariae Virginis in Nyíregyháza, finishing high school in Debrecen's School of Business. Singing and playing music since childhood, she followed the advice of newspaper editor János Bókay, and auditioned herself to prominent actors of the time, Gábor Rajnai, Jenő Heltai, and Sándor Hevesi. After these early attempts were not followed by desired results, she was mentored by Béla Gaál, thus starting her career as a film actress at the Hunnia Film Studio.
Her first notable role was in Meseautó, after which she was hired by the Vígszínház theatre in 1934, to perform smaller roles. In 1936 she married Ákos Ráthonyi, a director, giving birth to daughter Zsuzsanna 4 years later. After World War II ended in 1945, Ákos Ráthonyi left Hungary, with their daughter following after the 1956 revolution. Leaving the Vígszínház for the Művész Theatre in 1946-7, she met Iván Darvas, whom she later married (but divorced in 1958). In 1947, together with Gyula Benkő and István Somló, she was appointed as the co-manager of the Vígszínház theatre, where she was a major participant in restoring the institution to its pre-war glory. After the theatre was disbanded by the government in 1950, she joined the Madách Theatre, where she worked until her death on 27 October 1998.
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Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (71)
The Widow and the Police Officer
1967

Be True Until Death
1936
as Bella, Viola húga

Willy the Sparrow
1989
as Verbéna, a tündér (voice)

The Dream Car
1934
as Sári

Dreams of Love
1970
as Kozima, Liszt leánya

Father
1966
as Anya

There Was Once a Family
1972
as Bujták grófnõ

Férfihűség
1942

Szerencsés flótás
1943

Hasty Marriage
1968
as Anna - özvegy Komáromi Gézáné

Well, Young Man?
1963
as Sándor Bálint's wife

Mrs. Déry
1951
as Déryné

Good Evening, Love
1972
as Juhászné

Gentry Nest
1942
as Kovács Zsuzsi

Tüz
1948
as Asztalos Mária

Just a Joke
1961
as Bende Etelka

Tale on the 12 Points
1957
as Bartháné, patikus

Virrad
1960
as Elza, Szabó's wife

The Borrowed Castle
1937
as Gruber Mary

Egy asszony elindul
1949
as Bangháné, Ilonka

Lady Over the Abyss
1943
as Jánossy Éva

The Aga's Testament
1967
as Babocsainé

Az ördög nem alszik
1941
as Éva

The Lady is a Little Crazy
1938
as Takács Klári, Bimbi

The Siege of Beszterce
1948
as Apolka

Black Diamond
1977
as Teudelinda grófnő

The Crucial Moment
1938
as Éva, Bálint Gábor felesége

Torchlight
1963
as Kossuth's wife

The Land of Angels
1962
as Miklós' mother

A Rose Garden of Six Acres
1970
as Ilka néni
The Wise Mother
1935
as Erzsike

Wedding in Toprin
1939
as A gróf felesége

Gala Dinner
1956
as Márta

Drága kisfiam!
1978
as Margit, anya

Six Weeks of Happiness
1939
as Eva

Three Bells
1941

Kojak in Budapest
1980
as Szalánczyné

Alpine Sunlight
1941
as Fifi, a vezérigazgató lánya

Relatives
1954

Dani
1957
as Aranka

Keresztúton
1942

Katyi
1942
as Varga Kató / Katyi
Back on the Road
1941
as Anny

My Daughter Is Different
1937
as Gitta, Hubay Péter lánya
Fleeing Man
1943
as Klára / Marianne

The Song of Rákóczi
1943
as Krisztinka Oltay / Fruzsa néni / Cinka Panna

There Are Exceptions
1937
as Kántor Vera

Saroküzlet
1979
as Mama
Kádár vs. Kerekes
1942
as Kádár Erzsi ügyvéd

A Bus Does Not Stop
1962

Skylark
1965
as Tóni, Vajkayné
Time to Mature
1976
as Nagymama

Azurexpress
1938
as Teri
Róza néni elintézi
as Róza néni

Don't Keep Off the Grass
1960
as Anna, Kéri felesége

Silent Monastery
1941

Kaviár és lencse
1985
as Matilde
Féltékenység
1943
as Eszter

Love Is Not a Shame
1940
as Suzanne,francia nevelõnõ

Queen Elizabeth
1940

A Karantén Zóna
2022
as Panni

Legato
1977
as Zarkóczy Rózsika

For Whom the Larks Sing
1959

A Kiss and That's All
1941
as Nadányi Ervinné, Anni

Adáshiba
1979

The Music's the Thing
1979
as Zsazsa néni

What a Night!
1958
as Karsai Klára
Pista tekintetes úr
1942
A ravaszdi leányzó és az IBUSZ vendégek
1968
as Fölcint Lajosné

Vision by the Lake
1940

A tönk meg a széle
1984
as Olgika
About Klári Tolnay
Klári Tolnay (17 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Hungarian actress. Klári Tolnay (born Rózsi Tolnay) was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the daughter of István Tolnay and Eleonóra Siess. She spent her childhood in the small village of Mohora, Nógrád county, on the estate of her father. Finishing elementary school there, she continued secondary school studies in Balassagyarmat, two years at the school operated by Institutum Beatae Mariae Virginis in Nyíregyháza, finishing high school in Debrecen's School of Business. Singing and playing… With 73 credits spanning from 1934 to 2022, Klári Tolnay has appeared in 71 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Klári Tolnay Movies
- The Widow and the Police Officer (1967)
- Be True Until Death (1936) — as Bella, Viola húga
- Willy the Sparrow (1989) — as Verbéna, a tündér (voice)
- The Dream Car (1934) — as Sári
- Dreams of Love (1970) — as Kozima, Liszt leánya
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