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Tala Birell (10 September 1907 – 17 February 1958) was a Romanian stage and film actress.
Career
She had stage and screen experience in Vienna. Birell doubled for Marlene Dietrich in German films. She came to England to appear in the German version of Cape Forlorn, and later went to America to play in the German version of Boudoir Diplomats. Star of stage in Europe, she became popular in American films, including a small role in Bringing Up Baby (1938).
In 1940 she appeared onstage in My Dear Children at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. One of her final on-camera appearances was on the popular 1953 US anthology drama television series Orient Express in the episode titled The Red Sash.
She is buried in the Bavarian village Marquartstein in a family tomb.
Filmography
- Flash Gordon (TV series) .... Queen of Cygini (1 episode, 1955)
- Homicide for Three (1948) .... Rita Brown
- Women in the Night (1948) .... Yvette Aubert
- Song of Love (1947) .... Princess Valerie Hohenfels
- Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947) .... Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips
- Philo Vance's Gamble (1947) .... Tina Cromwell
- Dangerous Millions (1946) .... Sonia Bardos
- Girls of the Big House (1945) .... Alma, confined murderess
- The Frozen Ghost (1945) .... Valerie Monet
- The Power of the Whistler (1945) .... Constantina Ivaneska
- Jungle Queen (1945) .... Dr. Elise Bork
- Mrs. Parkington (1944) .... Lady Nora Ebbsworth
- Till We Meet Again (1944) (uncredited) .... Mme. Bouchard
- Make Your Own Bed (1944) .... Miss Marie Gruber
- The Monster Maker (1944) .... Maxine
- The Purple Heart (1944) .... Johanna Hartwig
- The Song of Bernadette (1943) (uncredited) .... Madame Leontine Bruat
- Women in Bondage (1943) .... Ruth Bracken
- Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943) .... Christine
- China (1943) .... Blonde
- One Dangerous Night (1943) .... Sonia Budenny
- Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942) .... Baroness
- Josette (1938) .... Mlle. Josette
- Invisible Enemy (1938) .... Sandra Kamarov
- Bringing Up Baby (1938) .... Mrs. Lehman
- As Good as Married (1937) .... Princess Cherry Bouladoff
- She's Dangerous (1937) .... Stephanie Duval
- White Legion (1936) .... Dr. Sterne
- The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) .... Liane Mallison
- Crime and Punishment (1935) .... Antonya Raskolnikov
- Spring Tonic (1935) .... Lola
- Air Hawks (1935) .... Renee Dupont
- Let's Live Tonight (1935) .... Countess Margot de Legere
- The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) .... Gerta Klargi
- Let's Fall in Love (1933) .... Hedwig Forsell
- Nagana (1933) .... Countess Sandra Lubeska
- Doomed Battalion (1932) .... Maria Di Mai
- My Cousin from Warsaw (1931) .... Lucienne
- Liebe auf Befehl (1931) .... Marie-Anne
- Menschen im Käfig (1930) .... Eileen Kell
- Die Tat des Andreas Harmer (1930) .... Othmars Valentin's Gattin
- Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe (1926) (as Thala Birell) .... Bit Role
