Corda, Maria (1898–1975)

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Corda, Maria (1898–1975)

Hungarian-born silent-film actress. Name variations: Antónia Farkas; María Corda. Born May 4, 1898, in Deva, Hungary; died Feb 2, 1975, in Geneva, Switzerland; m. Alexander Korda (Hungarian director and producer), 1919 (div. 1930).

Made film debut as Antónia Farkas (1920); starred in 6 German features in Germany, all directed by her husband (1923–26); accompanied him to Hollywood and made 2 films, The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) and Love and the Devil (1929). Korda eventually married Merle Oberon (1939).

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