Tala Birell
Acting
Biography
Tala Birell, born Natalie Bierle, was a Romanian-American stage and screen actress. She made her debut in a hit Berlin stage production of the operetta "Madame Pompadour" and doubled for Marlene Dietrich in the musical revue, "Es liegt in der luft" (1928).
Born: September 10, 1907
Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania
Known For
Bringing Up Baby
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
Let's Fall in Love
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
The Song of Bernadette
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
As Good as Married
When a boss proposes marriage to his secretary, she discovers that the arrangement is solely for tax purposes.
China
Shortly before Pearl Harbor, American opportunist Jones and partner Johnny are in China to sell oil to the invading Japanese army. Cynical about the sufferings of the Chinese, Jones meets compassionate teacher Carolyn Grant while travelling cross-country to Shanghai. Sparks fly between these strong-willed characters, neither budging an inch. But when Jones witnesses a Japanese atrocity, his feelings toward his customers (and Carolyn) begin to change...
Song of Love
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Josette
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Crime and Punishment
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
The Frozen Ghost
When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guilt, the mentalist cancels further shows, breaks off his engagement to his female partner, who can read minds while in a hypnotic trance, and takes refuge in the eerie wax-museum-cum-home of another woman friend.
Air Hawks
A small, independent air delivery service is menaced by a mad scientist with a death ray machine that blows up planes in mid-flight.
Filmography
as Dr. Elise Bork
as Rita Brown
as Yvette Aubert
as Princess Valerie Hohenfels
as Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips
as Tina Cromwell
as Sonia Bardos
as Alma Vlasek
as Mme. Monet
as Constantina Ivaneska
as Dr. Elise Bork
as Lady Nora Ebbsworth
as Mme. Bouchard
as Miss Marie Gruber
as Maxine
as Johanna Hartwig - Berlin News Correspondent
as Madame Leontine Bruat
as Ruth Bracken
as Christine
as Blonde Russian
as Sonia Budenny
as Baroness
as Mlle. Josette
as Sandra Kamarov
as Mrs. Lehman
as Princess Cherry Bouladoff
as Stephanie Duval
as Liane Mallison
as Antonya Raskolnikov
as Lola
as Renee Dupont
as Countess Margot de Legere
as Gerta Klangi
as Hedwig Forsell
as Countess Sandra Lubeska
as Maria Di Mai
as Lucienne
as Eileen Kell
as Othmars Valentin's Gattin