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Vilma Bánky

Highest Rated: 100% The Dark Angel (1925)

Lowest Rated: 80% The Son of the Sheik (1926)

Birthday: Jan 9, 1898

Birthplace: Nagydorog, Austria-Hungary

Delicately beautiful star of European silent films brought to the United States by Sam Goldwyn in 1925 and publicized as 'The Hungarian Rhapsody'. Banky enjoyed immediate success opposite Rudolph Valentino in Clarence Brown's "The Eagle" (1925) and "The Son of the Sheik" (1926), the latter Valentino's last film. Gary Cooper's long screen career began in a Banky showcase as he attempted "The Winning of Barbara Worth" (1926), but the ethereal star's most notable leading man was Ronald Colman, opposite whom she acted five times during her brief Hollywood heyday. Goldwyn first teamed the duo for the tearjerking "The Dark Angel" (1925), while later co-starring vehicles such as "The Magic Flame" and "The Night of Love" (both 1927) favored rank passion over sentiment.

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Highest rated movies

100% The Dark Angel
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83% 71% The Eagle
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80% 62% The Son of the Sheik
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The Awakening
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The Magic Flame
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The Night of Love
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The Rebel
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45% The Winning of Barbara Worth
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A Lady to Love
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Erika Leroy (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Lady to Love Lena Shultz (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Awakening Marie Ducrot (Character) - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Magic Flame Bianca, the Aerial Artist (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Night of Love Princess Marie (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet 45% The Winning of Barbara Worth Barbara Worth (Character) - 1926
80% 62% The Son of the Sheik Yasmin, André's Daughter (Character) - 1926
83% 71% The Eagle Miss Mascha Troekouroff (Character) - 1925
100% No Score Yet The Dark Angel Kitty Vane (Character) - 1925