Acting · Budapest, Hungary · Born July 17, 1917
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Klári Tolnay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieA Karantén Zóna
2022
as Panni
MovieWilly the Sparrow
1989
as Verbéna, a tündér (voice)
MovieKaviár és lencse
1985
as Matilde
MovieA tönk meg a széle
1984
as Olgika
MovieKojak in Budapest
1980
as Szalánczyné
MovieSaroküzlet
1979
as Mama
MovieThe Music's the Thing
1979
as Zsazsa néni
MovieAdáshiba
1979
MovieDrága kisfiam!
1978
as Margit, anya
TVA bunker
1977
as Martinné
MovieLegato
1977
as Zarkóczy Rózsika
MovieBlack Diamond
1977
as Teudelinda grófnő
TVHungarian Folktales
1977
as Mesemondó
Time to Mature
1976
as Nagymama
MovieThere Was Once a Family
1972
as Bujták grófnõ
MovieGood Evening, Love
1972
as Juhászné
MovieDreams of Love
1970
as Kozima, Liszt leánya
MovieA Rose Garden of Six Acres
1970
as Ilka néni
MovieHasty Marriage
1968
as Anna - özvegy Komáromi Gézáné
A ravaszdi leányzó és az IBUSZ vendégek
1968
as Fölcint Lajosné
MovieThe Aga's Testament
1967
as Babocsainé
The Widow and the Police Officer
1967
MovieLate Season
1967
as Szilágyiné
MovieFather
1966
as Anya
MovieSkylark
1965
as Tóni, Vajkayné
MovieTorchlight
1963
as Kossuth's wife
MovieWell, Young Man?
1963
as Sándor Bálint's wife
MovieA Bus Does Not Stop
1962
MovieThe Land of Angels
1962
as Miklós' mother
MovieJust a Joke
1961
as Bende Etelka
MovieDon't Keep Off the Grass
1960
as Anna, Kéri felesége
MovieVirrad
1960
as Elza, Szabó's wife
MovieFor Whom the Larks Sing
1959
MovieWhat a Night!
1958
as Karsai Klára
MovieDani
1957
as Aranka
MovieTale on the 12 Points
1957
as Bartháné, patikus
MovieGala Dinner
1956
as Márta
MovieRelatives
1954
MovieMrs. Déry
1951
as Déryné
MovieEgy asszony elindul
1949
as Bangháné, Ilonka
MovieTüz
1948
as Asztalos Mária
MovieThe Siege of Beszterce
1948
as Apolka
MovieLady Over the Abyss
1943
as Jánossy Éva
MovieThe Song of Rákóczi
1943
as Krisztinka Oltay / Fruzsa néni / Cinka Panna
Féltékenység
1943
as Eszter
Fleeing Man
1943
as Klára / Marianne
MovieSzerencsés flótás
1943
MovieKatyi
1942
as Varga Kató / Katyi
MovieGentry Nest
1942
as Kovács Zsuzsi
Kádár vs. Kerekes
1942
as Kádár Erzsi ügyvéd
MovieFérfihűség
1942
Pista tekintetes úr
1942
MovieKeresztúton
1942
MovieSilent Monastery
1941
MovieAz ördög nem alszik
1941
as Éva
MovieAlpine Sunlight
1941
as Fifi, a vezérigazgató lánya
Back on the Road
1941
as Anny
MovieA Kiss and That's All
1941
as Nadányi Ervinné, Anni
MovieThree Bells
1941
MovieQueen Elizabeth
1940
MovieVision by the Lake
1940
MovieLove Is Not a Shame
1940
as Suzanne,francia nevelõnõ
MovieSix Weeks of Happiness
1939
as Eva
MovieWedding in Toprin
1939
as A gróf felesége
MovieThe Lady is a Little Crazy
1938
as Takács Klári, Bimbi
MovieThe Crucial Moment
1938
as Éva, Bálint Gábor felesége
MovieAzurexpress
1938
as Teri
MovieMy Daughter Is Different
1937
as Gitta, Hubay Péter lánya
MovieThe Borrowed Castle
1937
as Gruber Mary
MovieThere Are Exceptions
1937
as Kántor Vera
MovieBe True Until Death
1936
as Bella, Viola húga
The Wise Mother
1935
as Erzsike
MovieThe Dream Car
1934
as Sári
MovieThe New Relative
1934
as Kenyereslány
Róza néni elintézi
as Róza néni
