Emmi Buttykay (1911–1957) was a Hungarian

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and film actress. She often appeared onstage in operettas. She made her screen debut in the 1932 film '' Flying Gold'' and appeared in

supporting role A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protagonist, and appears or is mentioned in the story enough to be more than just a minor character or a cameo a ...

s. She enjoyed brief film stardom in Wartime Hungary in films directed by Viktor Bánky. After the war she appeared in ''

Professor Hannibal ''Professor Hannibal'' (Hungarian: ''Hannibál tanár úr'') is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and starring Ernő Szabó, Zoltán Greguss and Manyi Kiss. The film is based on a novel by Ferenc Móra set in Budapest dur ...

'' in 1956.Töteberg p.289 The following year she died on a visit to London.

Selected filmography

* '' Flying Gold'' (1932) * '' Romance in Budapest'' (1933) * '' Address Unknown'' (1935) * '' Ball at the Savoy'' (1935) * '' Europe Doesn't Answer'' (1941) * '' We'll Know By Midnight'' (1942) * '' Makacs Kata'' (1943) * '' Kölcsönadott élet'' (1943) * '' I'll Make You Happy'' (1944) * ''

The State Department Store ''The State Department Store'' (Hungarian: ''Állami áruház'') is a 1953 Hungarian musical comedy film directed by Viktor Gertler and starring Miklós Gábor, Kálmán Latabár and Kamill Feleki. The film is set in and around a Budapest dep ...

'' (1953) * ''

'' (1956)

References

Bibliography

* Nemeskürty, István & Szántó, Tibor. ''A Pictorial Guide to the Hungarian Cinema, 1901–1984''. Helikon, 1985. * Töteberg, Michael (ed.) ''Metzler Film Lexikon''. Springer-Verlag, 2016.

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* 1911 births 1957 deaths Hungarian stage actresses Hungarian film actresses Actresses from Budapest {{Hungary-actor-stub