María Corda was born on May 4, 1898 in Deva, Hungary as María Farkas. She was an actress, known for The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927), Die Sklavenkönigin (1924) and Madame Doesn't Want Children (1926). She was married to Alexander Korda. She died on February 2, 1976 in Thonex, Switzerland.
In 1926 she and her husband moved to Berlin and the following year moved on to Hollywood where she appeared in Alexander Korda's early productions there but enjoyed little success.
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Under the direction of her husband Alexander Korda (1893-1956) she took part in numerous of his movies and became a darling of the public and a success guarantor.
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The formerly celebrated actress fell into oblivion. With the sound film has her career finished and she was soon oust from her position by the following players.
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She started her film career with movies like "A 111-es" (1919), before she went to Germany in order to become a great star.
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Her Hollywood career came to an end with the coming of sound, not least because her English was limited, so she returned to Europe where she appeared in a few minor films.
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She and Alexander Korda divorced in 1930 and she moved to New York, where she wrote a number of novels.
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The change from silent movies to "talkies" led to divorce from Alexander Korda. María Corda, could not make the transition because of her strong accent in English.
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The later years of her life were spent in the vicinity of Geneva in Switzerland.
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She followed Alexander Korda from Hungary to Vienna and in 1921 gave birth to their son.
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Her popularity was so big that Austrian investors refused their grant for the movie "Die letzten Tage von Pompeji" (1926) if the leading part wouldn't be recasted with Maria Corda - what finally happened.
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Temperamental and ambitious Hungarian-born actress and singer with a penchant for romanticising her background and personal history. She was fond of describing herself as the 'Hungarian Garbo' (without sharing that star's self-effacing qualities). Maria began her career as a dancer with the Royal Opera in Budapest. She then acted on screen in German, British and American silent films. She became the first wife of famed producer/director Alexander Korda. Before he began to eclipse her fame, he was known in the business simply as "Maria Corda's director". By the time of Korda's divorce from Maria in 1932, sound pictures had arrived and her career was on the wane.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Die Konkurrenz platzt
1929
Marion Gutman
Heilige oder Dirne
1929
Lydia, Thereses Freundin
Love and the Devil
1929
Giovanna
Der moderne Casanova
1928
A Woman in the Night
1928
Tesha
Batalla de damas
1928
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
1927
Helen of Troy
Der Gardeoffizier
1927
Schauspielerin
A Modern Du Barry
1927
Toinette
Madame Doesn't Want Children
1926
Elyane Parizot
The Last Days of Pompeii
1926
Nydia
Dance Fever
1925
Lucille Chauvelin
L'uomo più allegro di Vienna
1925
Katy
Holnap kezdödik az élet
1924
as Korda Mary
The Moon of Israel
1924
Merapi, The Moon of Israel
Tragödie im Hause Habsburg
1924
Maria Vetsera
Jedermanns Frau
1924
Das unbekannte Morgen
1923
Stella Manners
Samson und Delila
1922
Julia Sorel / Delila, Abimelech's wife
Il sogno d'una notte d'estate a Venezia
1921
La vita e la commedia
1921
Totote di Gyp
1921
A 111-es
1920
Olga / Vera (as Antónia Farkas)
Ave Caesar!
1919
Fehér rózsa
1919
Se ki, se be
1919
as Farkas Antónia
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Die große Sehnsucht
1930
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rund um die Liebe
1929
Known for movies
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) as Helen of Troy
The Moon of Israel (1924) as Merapi, The Moon of Israel
Madame Doesn't Want Children (1926) as Elyane Parizot
Samson und Delila (1922) as Julia Sorel / Delila, Abimelech's wife
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