Tamara Desni

Biography

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.

Known For

Fire Over England

as Elena

Send for Paul Temple

as Diana Thornley

Dick Barton at Bay

as Anna

The Squeaker

as Tamara

Traitor Spy

as Marie Dufreyne

The Hills of Donegal

as Carole Wells

McGlusky the Sea Rover

as Flame

Marriage with Limited Liability

Forbidden Territory

as Marie-Louise

Falling for You

as Sondra von Moyden