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Lya de Putti (born Amália Helena Mária Róza Putti; Hungarian: Putti Amália Helena Mária Róza, 10 January 1897 – 27 November 1931) was a Hungarian film actress during the silent era. She was noted for her portrayals of vamp characters.
Lya De Putti. Actress: Manon Lescaut. The daughter of a Hungarian baroness and a military officer, Lya De Putti went on to perform classical ballet in Berlin, Germany, after a brief stint in Hungarian vaudeville.
Lya De Putti. Actress: Othello. The daughter of a Hungarian baroness and a military officer, Lya De Putti went on to perform classical ballet in Berlin, Germany, after a brief stint in Hungarian vaudeville.
In the 1972 film musical Cabaret, set in Weimar-era Berlin, Sally Bowles, played by Liza Minnelli, name-checks Lya de Putti as her favorite actress and imitates her style, what Bowles calls “divine decadence.”
Nov 12, 2018 · She was Lya De Putti, the Hungarian silent film star. She was born as Amália Putty in Vécse (Hungarian populated village in Slovakia) on the 10 th January 1896. Her mother was a beautiful Hungarian countess, while her father had Italian origins.
Lya De Putti, born Amália Putti, was an Hungarian film actress of the silent era, noted for her portrayal of vamp characters. She began her stage career on the Hungarian Vaudeville circuit. She soon progressed to Berlin, where after performing in the ballet, she made her screen debut in 1918.
A short, turbulent, tragic life was cut short by an untimely death in 1931, following a dismal attempt to reactivate her career on the Broadway stage. In her prime, Lya de Putti, born of aristocratic Hungarian and Italian parents, was both a celebrated beauty and an actress of undisputed talent.
Austro-Hungarian actress and dancer. Name variations: Amalia Janka; Lya de Putti. Born Jan 10, 1899, in Vescés, Zemplen, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary); died Nov 27, 1931, in New York, NY.
A Hungarian stage star and classical dancer, Lya de Putti entered films in the early 1920s and had a featured role in F W Murnau's "Phantom" (1921) before making an impression as...
A Hungarian stage star and classical dancer, Lya de Putti entered films in the early 1920s and had a featured role in F W Murnau's "Phantom" (1921) before making an impression as Desdemona opposite Emil Jannings in "Othello" (1922).
