Miliza Korjus

About

Also Known As

The Berlin Nightingale, Miliza Elizabeth Korjus

Birth Place

Poland

Born

August 18, 1908

Died

August 26, 1980

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

Miliza Korjus made his mark in the world of entertainment when he acted in the biopic "The Great Waltz" (1938) with Luise Rainer. In 1943, he made the film "Caballeria del Imperio/Imperial Cavalry" in Mexico. In 1936, he was signed to a ten-year contract at MGM. He joined the Ukranian State Chorus as a teenager. He born in Warsaw, Poland. In 1929, he moved to Germany with her husband. K...

Filmography

The Great Waltz (1938)

Carla Donner

Photos & Videos

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Great Waltz, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) The Performance Is Not Over!

Great Waltz, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) There'll Come A Time

Family & Companions

Kuno G Foelsch

Husband

Physicist. Born in 1894; died in 1965; married in 1928; divorced.

Walter E Shector

Husband

Physician. Married in 1952.

Biography

Miliza Korjus made his mark in the world of entertainment when he acted in the biopic "The Great Waltz" (1938) with Luise Rainer. In 1943, he made the film "Caballeria del Imperio/Imperial Cavalry" in Mexico. In 1936, he was signed to a ten-year contract at MGM. He joined the Ukranian State Chorus as a teenager. He born in Warsaw, Poland. In 1929, he moved to Germany with her husband. Korjus was married to Kuno G Foelsch and had one child.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Great Waltz (1938)

Carla Donner

Life Events

1929

Moved to Germany with her husband

1933

Contracted with the Berlin State Opera

1936

Was signed to a ten-year contract at MGM

1938

Debut feature, "The Great Waltz"; received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination

1940

Severely injured in an automobile accident (date approximate)

1941

After recovering, embarked on concert tour of South America; was appearing in Mexico when USA entered WWII

1943

Made the film "Caballeria del Imperio/Imperial Cavalry" in Mexico

1952

Retired after her second marriage

Videos

Great Waltz, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) The Performance Is Not Over! Johann Strauss (Fernand Gravet), in Vienna ca. 1849, leads his waltz orchestra, at the casino run by Donnmayer (Herman Bing), his fianceè (Luise Rainer) and family the only audience until opera stars Schiller (George Houston) and Donner, (Miliza Korjus, the Polish soprano in her only Hollywood film) arrive, in MGM’s The Great Waltz, 1938

Great Waltz, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) There'll Come A Time Carla Donner (a fictional character, played for MGM by Polish soprano Miliza Korjus) has introduced un-credentialed Johann Strauss II (Fernand Gravet) to Vienna society, the song a Strauss compositoin with an original lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II, in The Great Waltz, 1938.

Family

Arthur Korjus

Father

Army officer. Achieved rank of colonel in the Russian Imperial Army.

Anna Korjus

Mother

Daughter of a Russian general.

Companions

Kuno G Foelsch

Husband

Physicist. Born in 1894; died in 1965; married in 1928; divorced.

Walter E Shector

Husband

Physician. Married in 1952.

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1943

1952

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