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María Corda (born Mária Antónia Farkas; Hungarian: Korda Mária; 4 May 1898 – 15 February 1976) was a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria.
María Corda was born on 4 May 1898 in Deva, Hungary. She was an actress, known for The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927), Samson und Delila (1922) and Tragödie im Hause Habsburg (1924). She was married to Alexander Korda. She died on 2 February 1976 in Thonex, Switzerland.
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- Thonex, Switzerland
Corda Film produced the monumental Samson und Delila (Samson and Delilah, director: Alexander Korda, 1922), in which Maria played the heroine of Antiquity and the lead role of the parallel storyline set in modern times, the opera singer embodying the contemporary Delilah.
Korda's first wife was the actress María Corda, who starred in many of his silent films in Europe and America. After leaving Hungary, Korda accepted an invitation from Count Alexander Kolowrat to work for his company Sascha-Film in the Austrian capital Vienna.
Mari Chordà was one of the most eclectic personalities of the Spanish feminist movement, actively participating as an artist, poet, editor, screenwriter and co-founder of the legendary feminist bar/library/publishing house laSal, created in Barcelona in 1976.
Hungarian-born silent-film actress. Name variations: Antónia Farkas; María Corda. Born May 4, 1898, in Deva, Hungary; died Feb 2, 1975, in Geneva, Switzerland; m. Alexander Korda (Hungarian director and producer), 1919 (div. 1930).
Jan 11, 2019 · Korda’s first wife was the actress María Corda, who starred in many of his silent films in Europe and America. Then the “Counter-Revolution” occurred in Hungary and Jews became hated there. In October of 1919, Korda was arrested.
