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Biography of Anny Ondra - Actress
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Anna Sophie Ondráková, known as Anny Ondra (May 15 1903, Tarnów - February 28 1987, Hollenstedt near Hamburg) was a Czechs|Czech/Germans|German actress. As child she lived in Prague. She starred in Czech, Austrian and German comedies in the 1920s, but can also be seen in some British dramas, most notably in Alfred Hitchcock's The Manxman and Blackmail (1929 film)|Blackmail (both 1929). After the advent of sound she retired. Her first husband was film director Karel Lamač; her second was boxer Max Schmeling. Czech-bio-stub actor-stub de:Anny Ondra

