Bella Darvi
Bajla Węgier (October 23, 1928 – September 11, 1971), better known as Bella Darvi, was a Polish film actress and stage performer who was active in France and the United States.
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| Full name at birth | Bayla Wegier
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| Claim to fame | The Egyptian
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| Date of birth | 23 October 1928
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| Place of birth | Sosnowiec, Poland
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| Date of death | 11 September 1971
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| Age | 42 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Monte Carlo, Monaco
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| Cause of death | Suicide by gas (after turning on the gas stove in her apartment)
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| Resting place | Cimetière de Bagneux, Bagneux, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
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| Occupation | Actress
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![Bella Darvi - Retro Magazine Pictorial [Poland] (April 2015)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/a/i/aig2304h05v45a42.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Bella Darvi - Cine Revue Magazine Cover [France] (1 February 1957)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/w/w/wwack5erc68pe6cw.jpg?skj2io4l)
- After returning to Europe Darvi regularly called on ex-lover Darryl F. Zanuck to rescue her financially from mounting gambling debts . He ignored her final plea, just before her suicide in 1971.
- Henry Fine said of her: "She behaved like a most circumspect young lady, but whenever you came near her, you could feel the heat coming out of her. She was one of the sexiest females I have ever encountered, a great lovely ball of shimmering fire - but wrapped up in iron control. But you did have to wonder about her, and who was going to get burned when she did burst into flames."
- In 1959 she was forced to curb her bad habits when she was seriously injured in an auto accident and was taken to a Paris nursing home for three months to recover.
- Spoke French, English, German, Italian and Polish.
- Despite scathing reviews for her performance in The Egyptian (1954) following its release in 1954, in recent years Darvi has received some praise from the critics, including Camille Paglia, who described her performance as "hypnotic".
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