About Hortense Raky
Lived 1916 – 2006 (aged 90). Hortense Raky was an Austrian stage actor, film actor and actor.
Hortense Raky (August 27, 1918 - September 25, 2006) was a German-born Austrian stage actress. She also starred in several films including Willi Forst's Court Theatre in 1936. Partly Jewish, she fled from Austria after the Anschluss of 1938 and settled in Switzerland. She returned to Vienna after the Second World War, but was at one point blacklisted due to her links with the Communist Eastern Bloc. At one point she appeared on stage in East Berlin during this era.
She was married to the actor Karl Paryla in 1939. They had two children who also became actors.
Selected filmography Court Theatre (1936) Women's Paradise (1936) Roxy and the Wonderteam (1938) Gasparone (1956)
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Who was Hortense Raky?
Austrian actress (1916-2006)
When was Hortense Raky born?
Hortense Raky was born on 27 August 1916 in Berlin.
When did Hortense Raky die?
Hortense Raky died on 25 September 2006 in Vienna.
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Hortense Raky was a stage actor, film actor and actor.
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Hortense Raky was Austrian.
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