Lya De Putti

Actress

Date of birth : 01/09/1897

Date of death : 11/27/1931

City of birth : Vécse, Austria-Hungary [now Vojcice, Slovakia]

The daughter of a Hungarian baron and countess, Lya De Putti went on to perform classical ballet in Berlin, Germany, after a brief stint in Hungarian vaudeville. She later made several films at the German UFA studios, most notably Variety (1925), before going to Hollywood in 1926. While in America she starred in several movies, mostly in vamp roles.