Klári Tolnay
Known for Acting · 76 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 (74)
A Rose Garden of Six Acres
1970
as Ilka néni
Drága kisfiam!
1978
as Margit, anya
Alpine Sunlight
1941
as Fifi, a vezérigazgató lánya
Kádár vs. Kerekes
1942
as Kádár Erzsi ügyvéd
Late Season
1967
as Szilágyiné
Time to Mature
1976
as Nagymama
Hasty Marriage
1968
as Anna - özvegy Komáromi Gézáné
Lady Over the Abyss
1943
as Jánossy Éva
Relatives
1954
The Siege of Beszterce
1948
as Apolka
The Widow and the Police Officer
1967
Fleeing Man
1943
as Klára / Marianne
The Song of Rákóczi
1943
as Krisztinka Oltay / Fruzsa néni / Cinka Panna
Azurexpress
1938
as Teri
Katyi
1942
as Varga Kató / Katyi
Mrs. Déry
1951
as Déryné
Féltékenység
1943
as Eszter
Three Bells
1941
Keresztúton
1942
The Dream Car
1934
as Sári
Férfihűség
1942
For Whom the Larks Sing
1959
A Karantén Zóna
2022
as Panni
The Aga's Testament
1967
as Babocsainé
The Land of Angels
1962
as Miklós' mother
The Music's the Thing
1979
as Zsazsa néni
The New Relative
1934
as Kenyereslány
Gentry Nest
1942
as Kovács Zsuzsi
Adáshiba
1979
A Kiss and That's All
1941
as Nadányi Ervinné, Anni
Queen Elizabeth
1940
There Are Exceptions
1937
as Kántor Vera
Róza néni elintézi
as Róza néni
Silent Monastery
1941
The Wise Mother
1935
as Erzsike
Good Evening, Love
1972
as Juhászné
Torchlight
1963
as Kossuth's wife
Szerencsés flótás
1943
A ravaszdi leányzó és az IBUSZ vendégek
1968
as Fölcint Lajosné
Be True Until Death
1936
as Bella, Viola húga
Six Weeks of Happiness
1939
as Eva
Willy the Sparrow
1989
as Verbéna, a tündér (voice)
The Golden Kite
1966
as Anya
Dani
1957
as Aranka
Vision by the Lake
1940
The Borrowed Castle
1937
as Gruber Mary
A tönk meg a széle
1984
as Olgika
Az ördög nem alszik
1941
as Éva
Pista tekintetes úr
1942
Wedding in Toprin
1939
as A gróf felesége
The Lady is a Little Crazy
1938
as Takács Klári, Bimbi
Back on the Road
1941
as Anny
There Was Once a Family
1972
as Bujták grófnõ
Love Is Not a Shame
1940
as Suzanne,francia nevelõnõ
Father
1966
as Anya
Kojak in Budapest
1980
as Szalánczyné
Virrad
1960
as Elza, Szabó's wife
What a Night!
1958
as Karsai Klára
Dreams of Love
1970
as Kozima, Liszt leánya
Gala Dinner
1956
as Márta
Tale on the 12 Points
1957
as Bartháné, patikus
Just a Joke
1961
as Bende Etelka
The Crucial Moment
1938
as Éva, Bálint Gábor felesége
Don't Keep Off the Grass
1960
as Anna, Kéri felesége
Egy asszony elindul
1949
as Bangháné, Ilonka
Black Diamond
1977
as Teudelinda grófnő
Skylark
1965
as Tóni, Vajkayné
Tüz
1948
as Asztalos Mária
A Bus Does Not Stop
1962
Saroküzlet
1979
as Mama
My Daughter Is Different
1937
as Gitta, Hubay Péter lánya
Legato
1977
as Zarkóczy Rózsika
Kaviár és lencse
1985
as Matilde
Well, Young Man?
1963
as Sándor Bálint's wife
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 76 credits spanning from 1934 to 2022, Klári Tolnay has appeared in 74 films and 2 TV shows.
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- A Rose Garden of Six Acres (1970) — as Ilka néni
- Drága kisfiam! (1978) — as Margit, anya
- Alpine Sunlight (1941) — as Fifi, a vezérigazgató lánya
- Kádár vs. Kerekes (1942) — as Kádár Erzsi ügyvéd
- Late Season (1967) — as Szilágyiné
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