What is Vilma Bánky's full name?
Vilma Koncsics
Vilma Bánky nickname(s):
Vilma Koncsics, Vilma Bánky, The Hungarian Rhapsody
Vilma Bánky date of birth:
January 9, 1898
How old was Vilma Bánky when died?
93
Where was Vilma Bánky born?
Nagydorog, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
When did Vilma Bánky die?
March 18, 1991
Where did Vilma Bánky die?
Los Angeles, California, USA
Why did Vilma Bánky die?
Cardiopulmonary Failure (cardiorespiratory arrest)
How tall is Vilma Bánky?
5' 4" (163 cm)
Vilma Bánky body shape:
Slim
What color are Vilma Bánky's eyes?
Blue
What color is Vilma Bánky's hair?
Blonde
Is Vilma Bánky gay or straight?
Straight
What religion is Vilma Bánky?
Roman Catholic
What is Vilma Bánky's ethnicity?
White
What is Vilma Bánky nationality?
Hungarian
What is Vilma Bánky's occupation?
Actress
Vilma Bánky claim to fame:
The Hungarian Rhapsody
Who is Vilma Bánky's father?
János Koncsics
Who is Vilma Bánky's mother?
Katalin Ulbert
Vilma Bánky brother(s):
Gyula Koncsics
Vilma Bánky sister(s):
Gisella Koncsics
Vilma Bánky favorite color(s)?
Green, Black, White, Red, Pink, Orange, Blue
Vilma Bánky favorite food(s)?
Chicken
Short Biography
Vilma Bánky appeared in Hungarian, Austrian and French movies between 1920 and 1925, the year in which Samuel Goldwyn signed her, in Budapest, to a Hollywood contract. In Hollywood she was billed as the "The Hungarian Rhapsody". In the mid and late 1920s she was Goldwyn's biggest money maker, especially playing with Ronald Colman. Her best-known works were with Rudolph Valentino: daughter of a Russian aristocrat in The Eagle (1925) and an Arab dancer in The Son of the Sheik (1926). Her first talking movie was This Is Heaven (1929). She toured the U.S. in "Cherries Are Ripe" with her husband Rod La Rocque in 1930-1 and, the next year, went with him to Germany to make her last film.