Katalin Karády
Toronto Daily Star, May 23 1951
Katalin Karády (1910-1990) lived in interesting times (to paraphrase the old Scottish curse). Crawling five miles to escape Communism was by no means the toughest ordeal that she had to endure:
- When the Germans invaded Hungary in 1944, she was accused of spying for the Allied Forces and spent three months in prison. She was tortured and nearly beaten to death.
- In 1949, all of her films were banned and she was beaten and abused by the Communists.
After escaping Hungary in 1951, Ms. Karády lived briefly in Austria, Switzerland, and Belgium before relocating to São Paulo, Brazil, in 1953, where she opened a fashion shop. In 1968, she moved to New York City. When invited to return to Hungary in 1980 to commemorate her 70th birthday, she sent a hat in her place.
Olivér Lantos (1917-1981) appeared in two movies in Hungary.
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