Nadia Gray
Nadia Gray | |
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Born | Nadia Kujnir 23 November 1923 |
Died | 13 June 1994 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 70)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1949–1968 |
Spouse(s) | N. Goldenberg Constantin Cantacuzino (1946–1958) (his death) Herbert Silverman (1967–1994) (her death)[1] |
Nadia Gray (born Nadia Kujnir; 23 November 1923 – 13 June 1994) was a Romanian film actress.
Biography
Gray was born into a Jewish familyLa Dolce Vita (1960).
She played a guest role in an episode of the television series The Prisoner ("The Chimes of Big Ben", 1967).
Personal life
She was first married to N. Goldenberg (later Herescu), a wealthy businessman from
fighter aces of the war.[4] They were married from 1946 to his death in 1958. Her third husband was Manhattan attorney Herbert Silverman (1912–2003).[5] They were married from 1967 to her death in 1994. She died in New York City from a stroke.[6]
Partial filmography
Most of Gray's films were non-English language productions.
- L'Inconnu d'un soir (1949) - Édith aka Marie-Ange
- The Spider and the Fly (1949) - Madeleine Saincaize
- Monseigneur (1949) - La duchesse de Lémoncourt
- Night Without Stars (1951) - Alix Delaisse née Malinay
- Valley of Eagles (1951) - Kara Niemann
- Wife for a Night (1952) - Geraldine
- Deceit (1952) - Anna Comin
- Top Secret (1952) - Tania
- Puccini (1953) - Cristina Vernini
- La vierge du Rhin (1953) - Maria Meister
- Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953) - Principessa Alina
- Finalmente libero! (1954) - Carla
- 100 Years of Love (1954) - Countess Muriella di Lucoli (segment "Pendolin")
- Gran Varietà (1954)
- Pietà per chi cade (1954) - Anna Savelli
- Melody of Love (1954) - Nadia Sandor
- Neapolitan Carousel (1954) - Pretty tramp
- The Women Couldn't Care Less (1954) - Henrietta Aymes
- Crossed Swords (1954) - Fulvia
- House of Ricordi (1954) - Giulia Grisi
- The Two Orphans (1954) - Diane de Vaudrey - countess de Linières
- Cardinal Lambertini (1954) - Isabella di Pietramelara
- I cinque dell'Adamello (1954) - Magda
- Casta Diva (1954) - Giuditta Pasta
- Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1955) - Margherita Teresa von Kleinwert
- The Last Five Minutes (1955) - Valeria Roberti, moglie di Filippo
- La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) - Lea
- Music in the Blood (1955) - Gina Martelli
- Il falco d'oro (1955) - Ines della Torre
- Agguato sul mare (1955) - Circe
- Hengst Maestoso Austria (1956) - Gräfin Marika Szilady
- Folies-Bergère (1956) - Suzy Morgan
- Parola di ladro (1957)
- The Black Devil (1957) - Duchessa Lucrezia
- Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957) - La princesse Marida Ludibescu
- La Parisienne (1957) - La reine Greta
- Vacanze a Ischia (1957) - Carla Occhipinti
- Meine schöne Mama (1958) - Mathildes Mutter Maria
- The Captain's Table (1959) - Mrs. Porteous
- Violent Summer (1959) - (uncredited)
- Muerte al amanecer (1959) - Victoria Costa
- La Dolce Vita(1960) - Nadia
- Le signore (1960) - Tatiana Becker
- Letto a tre piazze (1960) - Amalia
- Maria, Registered in Bilbao (1960) - Berta
- Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960) - La dame de compagnie / Dame
- Mr. Topaze (1961) - Suzy
- Le pavé de Paris (1961) - Monique
- Gioventù di notte (1961) - Fulvia
- Mourir d'amour (1961) - Patricia
- Les croulants se portent bien (1961) - Thérèse
- Le jeu de la vérité (1961) - Solange Vérate
- Wenn beide schuldig werden (1962) - Hilde Goetz
- Rocambole (1963) - Comtesse
- Maniac (1963) - Eve Beynat
- Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa (1963) - Mrs. Button
- Encounter in Salzburg (1964) - Felicitas Wilke
- The Crooked Road (1965) - Cosima
- The Adventurer of Tortuga (1965) - Dona Rosita
- Winnetou and Old Firehand (1966) - Michèle Mercier
- The Oldest Profession(1967) - Nadia (segment "Aujourd'hui")
- Two for the Road(1967) - Francoise Dalbret
- The Naked Runner (1967) - Karen Gisevius
References
- ^ "Romanian Personalities - Nadia Gray". www.romanianculture.org. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Cum a evadat prințul Bâzu Cantacuzino din România stalinistă". Historia. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Pelletier, Philippe. "Nadia Gray". www.cineartistes.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Romanian Personalities - Nadia Gray". www.romanianculture.org. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Herbert Silverman Obituary (2003) - New York, NY - New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Westerns...All'Italiana!: Remembering Nadia Gray". 23 November 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
External links
- Nadia Gray at IMDb
- Nadia Gray at AllMovie
- Nadia Gray papers, 1930s-1977, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts