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Selma Vaz Dias, also known as Selma Cohen-Vaz Dias (23 November 1911 — 30 August 1977), was a British actress, writer, and painter. Dias was born in Amsterdam to Jacob Vaz Dias and Hana Hamburger. She had a brother, Salomon. She moved to the United Kingdom, where she spent most of her career.
Selma Vaz Dias was born on 23 November 1911 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress and writer, known for The Lady Vanishes (1938), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Buddenbrooks (1965). She was married to Hans Werner Egli (1899-2000).
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- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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- London, England, UK
Nov 5, 2019 · Clark showcases Vaz Dias's paintings and drawings from the 1960s and '70s, and creates a musical theatre piece based on her autobiography. Vaz Dias was a Sephardic Portuguese actress who escaped Jewish persecution in the Netherlands and worked with Jean Rhys.
Selma Vaz Dias was born on November 23, 1911 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress and writer, known for The Lady Vanishes (1938), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Buddenbrooks (1965). She was married to Hans Werner Egli (1899-2000).
- November 23, 1911
- August 30, 1977
Jan 6, 2023 · Twenty years later, an actress named Selma Vaz Dias, who wanted to dramatize Good Morning, Midnight on the radio, found her living in poverty and obscurity in the English countryside with a third...
Selma Vaz Dias, also known as Selma Cohen-Vaz Dias (23 November 1911 — 30 August 1977), was a British actress, writer, and painter. Dias was born in Amsterdam to Jacob Vaz Dias and Hana Hamburger. She had a brother, Salomon.
Oct 26, 2017 · “‘Dear Miss Rhys—You’re so gentle and quiet—Not at all what I expected!’” the actress Selma Vaz Dias informed the nebulous author. “I gathered afterwards,” Rhys wrote in a 1949 letter of Vaz Dias’s surprise, “that she expected a raving and not too clean maniac with straws in gruesome unwashed hair.”
