Elissa Landi (born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt; December 6,
1904 â€" October 21, 1948) was an Italian-born Austrian-American
actress and novelist who was popular as a performer in Hollywood films
of the 1920s and 1930s. She was noted for her alleged aristocratic
bearing.Landi was born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice to
Austrian military officer Richard Kühnelt and his wife Caroline. She
was raised in Austria and educated in England. From 1928 to 1936, she
was married to John Cecil Lawrence, and from 1943 to 1948 to Curtis
Kinney Thomas (1905-2002).Landi's first ambition was to be an author.
She wrote her first novel at the age of twenty, and returned to
writing during lulls in her acting career. She debuted on stage in
Dandy Dick (1923). She joined the Oxford Repertory Company at an early
age, and appeared in many successful British and American stage
productions. In 1926 she starred in Dorothy Brandon's Blind Alley in
the West End.
1904 â€" October 21, 1948) was an Italian-born Austrian-American
actress and novelist who was popular as a performer in Hollywood films
of the 1920s and 1930s. She was noted for her alleged aristocratic
bearing.Landi was born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice to
Austrian military officer Richard Kühnelt and his wife Caroline. She
was raised in Austria and educated in England. From 1928 to 1936, she
was married to John Cecil Lawrence, and from 1943 to 1948 to Curtis
Kinney Thomas (1905-2002).Landi's first ambition was to be an author.
She wrote her first novel at the age of twenty, and returned to
writing during lulls in her acting career. She debuted on stage in
Dandy Dick (1923). She joined the Oxford Repertory Company at an early
age, and appeared in many successful British and American stage
productions. In 1926 she starred in Dorothy Brandon's Blind Alley in
the West End.
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