Nora Ney (actress)

For the Brazilian singer, see Nora Ney.

Nora Ney
Nora Ney and Franciszek Brodniewicz in Córka generała Pankratowa (1934)
Born	(1906-05-25)25 May 1906 Sielachowskie, Podlaskie, Poland
Died	21 February 2003(2003-02-21) (aged 96) Encinitas, California, USA
Other names	Sonia Najman Zofia Neuman

Nora Ney (as Sonia Najman or Zofia Neuman) (25 May 1906 in Sielachowskie, near Białystok - 21 February 2003 in Encinitas, USA) was a Polish film actress of Jewish descent.^[1]

Ney fled Poland to the USSR after the German occupation to accept an invitation from Mosfilm, but was soon deported to Kazakhstan.^{[citation needed]} In 1946 she moved to the USA with her daughter Joanna. Due to the language barrier, she managed to secure only minor non-speaking roles in American films.^{[citation needed]} She was married four times. Her first husband was the cinematographer Seweryn Steinwurzel.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Woman Who Desires Sin (Kobieta, która grzechu pragnie, 1929)
• Policmajster Tagiejew (1929)
• Serce na ulicy (1931)
• Sound of the Desert (Głos pustyni, 1932)
• Córka generała Pankratowa (1934)
• Kobiety nad przepaścią (1938)
• Doctor Murek (Doktór Murek, 1939)

References

1. Nora Ney at the Internet Polish Movie Database (in Polish)
2. Nora Ney; Szlak Dziedzictwa Żydowskiego w Białymstoku (in Polish)

External links

• Nora Ney at IMDb