Elza Temary
{{short description|German actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name =Elza Temary
| image = Elza Temary by Alexander Binder.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = by Alexander Binder, circa 1929
| birth_date = 12 February 1905
| birth_place = Austro-Hungarian Empire
| death_date = {{death-date and age|16 February 1968|12 February 1905}}
| death_place = Tucson, Arizona, United States
| othername = Elza Chancellor, Elza K. Splane
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1926–1932
}}
Elza Temary [Elsa Temary] (12 February 1905 – 16 February 1968) was a Hungarian film actress.Goble, Alan. (1999). 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film', (p. 273). Walter de Gruyter.
Personal life
Elza Temary was born Elza Klecker in Timișoara, Austria-Hungary.(March 4, 1933). Marriage record: Philip Matthiessen Chancellor (25) to Elisabeth Frederica Klecker (28). The Parish Church, St. George Hanover Square, London. City of Westminster Archives Centre; ancestrylibrary.com. (Retrieved June 24, 2021.)
After her active film career centered in Berlin, Germany which seems to have ended abruptly as Hitler took power, Elza married wildlife photographer / socialite Philip Chancellor and moved to Montecito, California, next to Santa Barbara. This is shown on the marriage notice at a London church. However, it was announced to the press that she was "Elza Tennair".(March 2, 1933). Millionaire reporter wed in London. Oakland Tribune, p. D7. (Retrieved June 24, 2021.)
As Elza Chancellor, she was then occasionally in the press as a socialite and as Philip's wife. The Chancellors later moved to Los Angeles and in 1937 to Beverly Hills.(December 29, 1935). Visitor back in Montecito home. Los Angeles Times, p. D1.(December 12, 1937). Photo / caption: Beauteous matron new Beverly resident [with photo of Elza Chancellor / Elza Klecker]. Los Angeles Times, part IV, p. 5. Retrieved June 24, 2021.)
In 1937–38, Elza's husband, Philip was a witness in a trial as a British man, an alleged Nazi, was allegedly attempting to extort money from Philip, and use that money to allegedly fund the assassination of 24 prominent Hollywood Jews. The accused man was allowed to quickly leave the country and return to England.Ross, Steven J. (2017). (Chapter 14, pp. 198-213). In Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America. Bloomsbury. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
After World War II, the Chancellors divorced and Elza later married a Mr. Splane and relocated to Tucson, Arizona.(June 20, 1948). All over a few millions. Sunday News / Daily News (New York), pp. 18-19. (Retrieved 24 June 2021.)(February 20, 1968). Obituary: Splane, Elza K. Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), p. 31. Retrieved June 24, 2021.)
Selected filmography
- The Clever Fox (1926)
- Watch on the Rhine (1926)
- A Sister of Six (1926)
- Superfluous People (1926)
- Our Daily Bread (1926)
- The Mistress of the Governor (1927)
- The Girl with the Five Zeros (1927)
- The Beggar of Cologne Cathedral (1927)
- Chance the Idol (1927)
- The Case of Prosecutor M (1928)
- Adam and Eve (1928)
- Dangers of the Engagement Period (1930)
- Busy Girls (1930)
- Helene Willfüer, Student of Chemistry (1930)
- A Crafty Youth (1931)
- Rasputin, Demon with Women (1932)
- Under False Flag (1932)
- Chauffeur Antoinette (1932)
References
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External links
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Category:German film actresses
Category:German silent film actresses
Category:20th-century German actresses
Category:People from Austria-Hungary
Category:Emigrants from Nazi Germany
Category:Immigrants to the United States
Category:Romanian emigrants to Germany
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