Lya De Putti
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Biography
Filmography
Notes
Her husband, scandalized at De Putti's acting career, told her children she was dead, even erecting a gravestone for them to visit. Liza Minnelli patterned her appearance in "Cabaret" after De Putti.
Biography
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). She enjoyed perhaps her greatest truimph in the classic "Variety" (1925) before heading to the USA for Griffith's "The Sorrows of Satan" (1926). Her career declined with talkies and she made her last film in 1929, the British version of "The Informer," before returning to the stage. De Putti died of pneumonia following a throat infection at the age of 35.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Life Events
1922
Had featured role in F W Murnau's "Phantom"
1922
Portrayed Desdemona to Emil Jannings' "Othello"
1925
Made perhaps best-known film, "Variety"
1926
Moved to Hollywood
1926
Starred in "The Sorrows of Satan", helmed by D W Griffith
1929
Had featured role in screen adaptation of "The Informer"
Bibliography
Notes
Her husband, scandalized at De Putti's acting career, told her children she was dead, even erecting a gravestone for them to visit. Liza Minnelli patterned her appearance in "Cabaret" after De Putti.
