Narda Onyx

Narda Onyx

Born: December 20, 1931
Died: March 18, 1991
in Estonia
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Narda Onyx (20 December 1931 – 18 March 1991) was an Estonian-born naturalized American film and television actress.

At the age of eleven, Onyx escaped with her family through Soviet lines, and deceived her would-be German captors near the end of World War II. After making their way to Allied-occupied Bonn, they were able to find their way to America.

Onyx appeared in dozens of supporting roles on television and in motion pictures during the 1950s and 1960s. Shows in which she appeared include The Beverly Hillbillies, Have Gun - Will Travel, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In addition, she played Gretl Braun in Hitler (1962) and Maria Frankenstein in Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966).

Movies for Narda Onyx...

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Title: Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character: Dr. Maria Frankenstein (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Title: Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Character: Dr. Maria Frankenstein
Released: April 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Dr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west because the lightning storms there are more frequent and intense, which allows them to work on the experiments of their grandfather. But the experiments are failing and Rudolph's been secretly killing the corpses afterwards. Meanwhile, the Lopez family leaves the town because of the evil going on there
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Title: The Beverly Hillbillies
Character: Mlle. Denise
Released: September 26, 1962
Type: TV
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
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Hitler
Title: Hitler
Character: Gretl Braun
Released: March 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in this probing psychological study of a man who nearly gained dominance over the entire western world--at the cost of millions of lives--Hitler.
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The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Title: The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Character: Desiree Artot
Released: June 29, 1959
Type: Movie
The story of young Tchaikovsky through the premiere of his "Sleeping Beauty" ballet.
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Title: The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Character: Marcella Duprez
Released: September 7, 1956
Type: TV
The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.
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Gaby
Title: Gaby
Character: Olga
Released: May 9, 1956
Type: Movie
A ballerina resorts to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War II.
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A Ticket for Thaddeus
Title: A Ticket for Thaddeus
Released: May 9, 1956
Type: Movie
A Polish refugee and new citizen gets involved in a slight car accident, but he doesn't fully understand American life, and believes he will be sent to a concentration camp.