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