Job Actress
Years active 1954-1971
Top Roles Denise Montel, Nicole, Nefer
Top GenresDrama, Adventure, Historical, Sports, Thriller/Suspense, Action
Top TopicsBook-Based, Ancient World, Spies
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Shares birthday with Una O'Connor, Frank Sutton, Diana Dors  see more..

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The Egyptian

The Egyptian

Fan rating: 9.00
Hell and High Water

Hell and High Water

Fan rating: 6.50
The Racers

The Racers

Fan rating: 0.00

Bella Darvi Overview:

Actress, Bella Darvi, was born Bayla Wegier on Oct 23, 1928 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Her best known films include The Egyptian, Hell and High Water and The Racers. Darvi died at the age of 42 on Sep 11, 1971 in Monte Carlo, Monaco .

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Bella Darvi Quotes:

Nefer: No. I brought you here only to show you the gate in my garden wall. Later, when all of my guests have gone... I will be here by my lotus pool.
Sinuhe: Why do you tell me this?
Nefer: Perhaps because I am fond of gifts, and the greatest gift any man can bring to a woman is his innocence, which he can give only once.

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Bella Darvi Facts
Henry Fine said of her: "She behaved like a most circumspect young lady, but whenever you came near her, you could feel the heat coming out of her. She was one of the sexiest females I have ever encountered, a great lovely ball of shimmering fire - but wrapped up in iron control. But you did have to wonder about her, and who was going to get burned when she did burst into flames."
At one point her gambling was so out of control that she was forced to pawn her jewels, furs, clothing, furniture and two poodles to make ends meet.
Marlon Brando was originally scheduled to appear opposite Darvi in the Technicolor epic The Egyptian (1954). During the script read-through before filming began, the pair disliked each other at first sight. Bella, cast as the courtesan Nefer, was also jeered by more experienced star Jean Simmons who laughed with other cast members that Darvi was "an actress who 'nefer' was." Just as filming was to start, Brando refused to make the film, his agent telling studio head Darryl F. Zanuck: "He doesn't like the director, he doesn't like the role. And he can't stand Bella Darvi!" Edmund Purdom was cast in the role.
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