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Anna Sophie Ondráková, known as Anny Ondra (May 15, 1903, Tarnów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, now Poland - February 28, 1987, Hollenstedt near Hamburg, Germany) was a Czech, British, and German film actress.
As the daughter of a k.u.k. officer, she spent her childhood 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 (both 1929). However, when Blackmail was reshot with sound, Ondra's thick accent was considered unacceptable, so her dialogue was recorded by actress Joan Barry. Ondra made some forty more films in the sound era before retiring in the late-1930s.
On July 6, 1933, she married the boxer Max Schmeling, with whom she appeared together in the film Knock-out (1935). The marriage lasted until her death.
Ondra was buried in the Saint Andreas Friedhof cemetery in Hollenstedt, Germany
Anna Sophie Ondráková, known as Anny Ondra (May 15, 1903, Tarnów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, now Poland - February 28, 1987, Hollenstedt near Hamburg, Germany) was a Czech, British, and German film actress.
As the daughter of a k.u.k. officer, she spent her childhood 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 (both 1929). However, when Blackmail was reshot with sound, Ondra's thick accent was considered unacceptable, so her dialogue was recorded by actress Joan Barry. Ondra made some forty more films in the sound era before retiring in the late-1930s.
On July 6, 1933, she married the boxer Max Schmeling, with whom she appeared together in the film Knock-out (1935). The marriage lasted until her death.
Ondra was buried in the Saint Andreas Friedhof cemetery in Hollenstedt, Germany
